What is the postal code of Yens?

The postal code of Yens is 1169.

What is the tax rate in Yens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Yens is 68% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Yens?

A single person without children pays about 16'022 CHF income tax in Yens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 108 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Yens have?

Yens has 1'478 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Yens?

Yens has 326 foreign residents, a share of 22.06% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Morges

Yens

1169

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

721 48.8%

Men

757 51.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

358 24.2%

Swiss citizens

1'152 77.9%

Foreign residents

326 22.1%

Population density

155 pop./km²

0–19 · 358 · 24.2%20–64 · 851 · 57.6%65+ · 269 · 18.2%

Foreign residents 22.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −20 (−1.3%) · 12 births · 9 deaths · net migration −23

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Yens

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict District de Morges: 22.8% Yes

21.8% YesNo 78.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Morges: 25.7% Yes

23.9% YesNo 76.1%

27.09.2026Initiative populaire « Baisse d’impôts pour tous — Redonner du pouvoir d’achat à la classe moyenne »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 53.9% YesDistrict District de Morges: 54.3% Yes

63.5% YesNo 36.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Morges: 47.9% Yes

54.0% YesNo 46.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Morges: 35.6% Yes

37.7% YesNo 62.3%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Morges: 39.0% Yes

31.5% YesNo 68.5%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Morges: 49.2% Yes

51.1% YesNo 48.9%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire législative « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.3% YesDistrict District de Morges: 42.3% Yes

32.6% YesNo 67.4%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire constitutionnelle « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 51.7% YesDistrict District de Morges: 44.7% Yes

36.8% YesNo 63.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Morges: 67.4% Yes

67.4% YesNo 32.7%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP29.9% · strongest party

FDP29.9%

SVP20.9%

SP18.5%

GRÜNE11.9%

GLP11.1%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier68%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

68%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 110 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'022 CHF(16%)

Rank 108 of 300 in the canton · 1285 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'155 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Eclépens 14'558 CHF · most expensive La Praz 17'020 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'022 CHF(~16%)

YensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Yens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.1%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.6%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.1%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.2%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.2%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.9%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.9%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.7%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.6%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.4%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.3%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.6%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.9%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.2%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'003 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

711 m

Mean elevation

612 m

Relief

234 m

Mean slope

5.4°

Flat share

54.6%

South-facing

24.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 234 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

17.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

22.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'900

Per inhabitant

11'813 kWh/yr

17 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

27.89 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.92 Rp./kWh

27.89 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Romande Energie SA

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 1

Standard model, deductible 300698 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Yens →Canton Vaud →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Vaud. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Vaud (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

1.52 %

Second homes

13.1 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

658

Built before 194637.2%

Built since 200128.3%

1.52 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

440

Workplaces

109

Services share

48.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 92 (20.9%) · Secondary 134 (30.5%) · Tertiary 214 (48.6%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

13.3 %

Farmland

454 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 50 min · Car 30 min

AgglomerationPT 50 min · Car 30 min

Remoteness 177/300 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5655

Head of governmentJean-Pierre Bourdon

Websiteyens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Morges

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Yens ranks

Largest municipalities1'478 #99 VD · #1184 CH Growing municipalities-1.3% #258 VD · #1892 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.3% #44 VD · #218 CH Jobs per resident0.3 #138 VD · #1303 CH Families & children24.2% #71 VD · #148 CH Age structure18.2% #141 VD · #1619 CH Women share48.8% #239 VD · #1616 CH Foreign residents22.1% #131 VD · #709 CH Population density155/km² #142 VD · #1205 CH Tax burden16'022 #114 VD · #1291 CH Taxes68% #110 VD Warmest municipalities10 °C #139 VD · #558 CH Sunniest municipalities46.4% #98 VD · #524 CH Rainiest municipalities1'003 mm #198 VD · #1608 CH Voter turnout64.2% #94 VD · #246 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #80 VD · #805 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #65 VD · #696 CH SVP strongholds20.9% #204 VD · #1745 CH SP strongholds18.5% #191 VD · #584 CH Centre strongholds4.4% #173 VD · #1866 CH FDP strongholds29.9% #42 VD · #92 CH GLP strongholds11.1% #41 VD · #215 CH Green strongholds11.9% #136 VD · #362 CH Largest by area9.5 km² #95 VD · #1004 CH Highest municipalities637 m #104 VD · #729 CH Second homes13.1% #87 VD · #764 CH Organic farming13.3% #121 VD · #996 CH Best-connected municipalities50 min #127 VD · #484 CH Remotest municipalities50 min #177 VD · #1652 CH Highest peaks711 m #142 VD · #1182 CH Highest-lying municipalities612 m #132 VD · #967 CH Greatest vertical range234 m #114 VD · #1210 CH Steepest municipalities5.4° #156 VD · #1503 CH Solar potential17 GWh #95 VD · #1122 CH Solar potential per capita11'813 kWh #128 VD · #781 CH Cheapest electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #63 VD · #1276 CH Most expensive electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #234 VD · #827 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1169

Yens

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Yens1169

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Yens?: The postal code of Yens is 1169.
What is the tax rate in Yens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Yens is 68% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Yens?: A single person without children pays about 16'022 CHF income tax in Yens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 108 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Yens have?: Yens has 1'478 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Yens?: Yens has 326 foreign residents, a share of 22.06% (2025).

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