What is the postal code of Zermatt?

The postal code of Zermatt is 3920.

What is the tax rate in Zermatt?

The municipal tax multiplier of Zermatt is 100% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Zermatt?

A single person without children pays about 13'690 CHF income tax in Zermatt on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Zermatt have?

Zermatt has 6'113 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Zermatt?

Zermatt has 2'928 foreign residents, a share of 47.9% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · Bezirk Visp

Zermatt

3920

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'951 48.3%

Men

3'162 51.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

857 14.0%

Swiss citizens

3'185 52.1%

Foreign residents

2'928 47.9%

Population density

25 pop./km²

0–19 · 857 · 14.0%20–64 · 4'318 · 70.6%65+ · 938 · 15.3%

Foreign residents 47.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +14 (+0.2%) · 43 births · 26 deaths · net migration +54

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 Zermatt

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 Bezirk Visp: 15.5% Yes

15.9% YesNo 84.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 33.5% Yes

32.3% YesNo 67.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 57.2% Yes

58.0% YesNo 42.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 55.2% Yes

51.0% YesNo 49.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 36.4% Yes

44.3% YesNo 55.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 16.2% Yes

14.3% YesNo 85.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 42.5% Yes

42.4% YesNo 57.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 39.8% Yes

36.3% YesNo 63.8%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 74.9% Yes

76.1% YesNo 23.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 45.6% Yes

43.4% YesNo 56.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte48.5% · strongest party

Mitte48.5%

SVP31.0%

FDP12.3%

SP3.3%

GRÜNE3.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier100%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

100%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 14 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'690 CHF(13.7%)

Rank 1 of 122 in the canton · 746 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 15'413 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Bister VS 13'690 CHF · most expensive Grächen 17'302 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'690 CHF(~13.7%)

ZermattCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Zermatt	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	8.8%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	10.2%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.4%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	12.4%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	13.7%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	14.8%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	15.9%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	17%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	18.1%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	19.1%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	21.8%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	25.1%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	26%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	26.8%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.4%	27.4–31.6%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20203.7 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)-2.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020574 mm

3.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

4'627 m

Mean elevation

2'938 m

Relief

3'150 m

Mean slope

25.9°

Flat share

4.2%

South-facing

19.9%

Above 2000 m

95.3%

Relief 3'150 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

63.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

89.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

14'000

Per inhabitant

10'316 kWh/yr

63 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

21.2 Rp./kWh

Energy

6.5 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.42 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

21.2 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 26.56 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator EWZ Elektrizitätswerk Zermatt AG

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 2

Standard model, deductible 300522 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Zermatt →Canton Valais →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Valais. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Valais (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

0.59 %

Second homes

51.9 %

Avg. rooms

2.5

Dwellings

7'753

Built before 19469.0%

Built since 200120.0%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

0.59 %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

7'792

Workplaces

963

Services share

90.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 30 (0.4%) · Secondary 698 (9.0%) · Tertiary 7'064 (90.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

26.7 %

Farmland

224 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 149 min · Car 152 min

AgglomerationPT 0 min · Car 0 min

Remoteness 7/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6300

Websitegemeinde.zermatt.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Visp

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Zermatt ranks

Largest municipalities6'113 #17 VS · #335 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #80 VS · #1272 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #43 VS · #842 CH Jobs per resident1.27 #3 VS · #50 CH Families & children14% #105 VS · #2024 CH Age structure15.3% #116 VS · #1970 CH Women share48.3% #97 VS · #1798 CH Foreign residents47.9% #3 VS · #17 CH Population density25/km² #88 VS · #1938 CH Tax burden13'690 #13 VS · #758 CH Taxes100% #14 VS Warmest municipalities3.7 °C #114 VS · #2041 CH Sunniest municipalities55.9% #17 VS · #31 CH Rainiest municipalities574 mm #120 VS · #2099 CH Voter turnout51.6% #82 VS · #1638 CH Against Switzerland19.6% #36 VS · #574 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.4% #43 VS · #927 CH SVP strongholds31% #32 VS · #1216 CH SP strongholds3.3% #110 VS · #1998 CH Centre strongholds48.5% #50 VS · #88 CH FDP strongholds12.3% #54 VS · #1122 CH GLP strongholds1.6% #61 VS · #1840 CH Green strongholds3.2% #91 VS · #1860 CH Largest by area242.7 km² #3 VS · #9 CH Highest municipalities1'624 m #23 VS · #69 CH Second homes51.9% #51 VS · #146 CH Organic farming26.7% #32 VS · #408 CH Best-connected municipalities149 min #116 VS · #2049 CH Remotest municipalities149 min #7 VS · #66 CH Highest peaks4'627 m #1 VS · #1 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'938 m #2 VS · #2 CH Greatest vertical range3'150 m #12 VS · #15 CH Steepest municipalities25.9° #83 VS · #238 CH Solar potential63 GWh #16 VS · #215 CH Solar potential per capita10'316 kWh #86 VS · #1019 CH Cheapest electricity21.2 Rp./kWh #4 VS · #32 CH Most expensive electricity21.2 Rp./kWh #119 VS · #2075 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3920

Zermatt

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Zermatt3920

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Zermatt?: The postal code of Zermatt is 3920.
What is the tax rate in Zermatt?: The municipal tax multiplier of Zermatt is 100% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Zermatt?: A single person without children pays about 13'690 CHF income tax in Zermatt on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Zermatt have?: Zermatt has 6'113 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Zermatt?: Zermatt has 2'928 foreign residents, a share of 47.9% (2025).

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