What is the postal code of Zwingen?

Zwingen has 2 postal codes: 4222, 4242.

What is the tax rate in Zwingen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Zwingen is 62% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Zwingen?

A single person without children pays about 16'446 CHF income tax in Zwingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 54 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Zwingen have?

Zwingen has 2'828 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Zwingen?

Zwingen has 768 foreign residents, a share of 27.16% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BL · Bezirk Laufen

Zwingen

4222–4242

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'430 50.6%

Men

1'398 49.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

573 20.3%

Swiss citizens

2'060 72.8%

Foreign residents

768 27.2%

Population density

613 pop./km²

0–19 · 573 · 20.3%20–64 · 1'760 · 62.2%65+ · 495 · 17.5%

Foreign residents 27.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −20 (−0.7%) · 27 births · 18 deaths · net migration −25

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 Zwingen

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 Laufen: 26.7% Yes

23.3% YesNo 76.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 34.8% Yes

35.2% YesNo 64.8%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: StichfrageCantonal BL● Rejected · 36.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 42.7% Yes

44.7% YesNo 55.3%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: GegenvorschlagCantonal BL● Rejected · 43.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 42.6% Yes

45.3% YesNo 54.8%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der MehrwertabgabeCantonal BL● Rejected · 31.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 35.9% Yes

38.7% YesNo 61.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 54.2% Yes

55.5% YesNo 44.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 55.9% Yes

55.3% YesNo 44.7%

14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BL● Accepted · 56.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 48.9% Yes

49.4% YesNo 50.6%

14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BL● Rejected · 44.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 53.5% Yes

53.1% YesNo 46.9%

14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BL● Accepted · 53.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Laufen: 46.3% Yes

49.5% YesNo 50.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP41.5% · strongest party

SVP41.5%

Mitte18.7%

SP17.3%

FDP10.1%

GLP4.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier62%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

62%BL range 45%72%

Tax rank 55 of 86 in canton Basel-Landschaft

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'446 CHF(16.4%)

Rank 54 of 86 in the canton · 1542 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'264 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Pfeffingen 14'899 CHF · most expensive Waldenburg 17'356 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'446 CHF(~16.4%)

ZwingenCanton range Basel-LandschaftSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Zwingen	Basel-Landschaft	Switzerland median
40'000	6.4%	5.7–6.7%	5.4%
50'000	8.7%	7.8–9.2%	7.8%
60'000	10.8%	9.7–11.4%	10.5%
70'000	12.5%	11.3–13.2%	11.9%
80'000	13.9%	12.6–14.7%	13.1%
90'000	15.1%	13.7–16%	14.1%
100'000	16.4%	14.9–17.4%	15.3%
110'000	17.6%	16–18.6%	16.3%
120'000	18.7%	17–19.7%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	17.9–20.7%	18.1%
140'000	20.6%	18.7–21.7%	19%
150'000	21.4%	19.5–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	21.3–24.5%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	22.8–26.2%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	24.1–27.6%	24.6%
250'000	27.5%	25.3–28.8%	25.8%
275'000	28.5%	26.3–29.9%	26.8%
300'000	29.4%	27.1–30.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'015 mm

10.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

554 m

Mean elevation

381 m

Relief

228 m

Mean slope

10.9°

Flat share

41.2%

South-facing

24.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 228 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

23.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

30.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'300

Per inhabitant

8'423 kWh/yr

24 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

25.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

25.59 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 31.21 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator BKW Energie 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 300635 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Basel-Landschaft479 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Zwingen →Canton Basel-Landschaft →Premiums explained →

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

2.06 %

Second homes

11.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

1'360

Built before 194618.0%

Built since 200132.1%

2.06 %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

1'198

Workplaces

203

Services share

48.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 10 (0.8%) · Secondary 605 (50.5%) · Tertiary 583 (48.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

144 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 41 min · Car 27 min

AgglomerationPT 30 min · Car 27 min

Remoteness 56/86 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2793

Websitezwingen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Laufen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Zwingen ranks

Largest municipalities2'828 #23 BL · #761 CH Growing municipalities-0.7% #74 BL · #1716 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.7% #12 BL · #391 CH Jobs per resident0.42 #23 BL · #766 CH Families & children20.3% #24 BL · #1035 CH Age structure17.5% #85 BL · #1706 CH Women share50.6% #33 BL · #578 CH Foreign residents27.2% #18 BL · #441 CH Population density613/km² #26 BL · #417 CH Tax burden16'446 #62 BL · #1550 CH Taxes62% #55 BL Warmest municipalities10.3 °C #27 BL · #273 CH Sunniest municipalities41.6% #28 BL · #1197 CH Rainiest municipalities1'015 mm #44 BL · #1560 CH Voter turnout42.1% #85 BL · #2087 CH Against Switzerland18.6% #11 BL · #613 CH Aligned with Switzerland81.4% #37 BL · #824 CH SVP strongholds41.5% #25 BL · #589 CH SP strongholds17.3% #63 BL · #709 CH Centre strongholds18.7% #6 BL · #606 CH FDP strongholds10.1% #58 BL · #1384 CH GLP strongholds4.2% #71 BL · #1363 CH Green strongholds4.1% #84 BL · #1720 CH Largest by area4.6 km² #50 BL · #1606 CH Highest municipalities341 m #73 BL · #2028 CH Second homes11.4% #29 BL · #994 CH Organic farming0% #65 BL · #1795 CH Best-connected municipalities41 min #29 BL · #253 CH Remotest municipalities41 min #56 BL · #1854 CH Highest peaks554 m #72 BL · #1704 CH Highest-lying municipalities381 m #70 BL · #2029 CH Greatest vertical range228 m #57 BL · #1230 CH Steepest municipalities10.9° #56 BL · #855 CH Solar potential24 GWh #23 BL · #883 CH Solar potential per capita8'423 kWh #38 BL · #1380 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #9 BL · #722 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #83 BL · #1585 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Laufen4242 Zwingen4222

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Zwingen?: Zwingen has 2 postal codes: 4222, 4242.
What is the tax rate in Zwingen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Zwingen is 62% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Zwingen?: A single person without children pays about 16'446 CHF income tax in Zwingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 54 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Zwingen have?: Zwingen has 2'828 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Zwingen?: Zwingen has 768 foreign residents, a share of 27.16% (2025).

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