Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
20 26.7%
Men
55 73.3%
Children & youth (0–19)
1 1.3%
Swiss citizens
44 58.7%
Foreign residents
31 41.3%
Population density
1 pop./km²
0–19 · 1 · 1.3%20–64 · 54 · 72.0%65+ · 20 · 26.7%
Foreign residents 41.3%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +4 (+5.6%) · 0 births · 0 deaths · net migration +3
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
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 Brig: 18.4% Yes
8.0% YesNo 92.0%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 29.8% Yes
92.0% YesNo 8.0%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 58.3% Yes
62.5% YesNo 37.5%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 52.2% Yes
65.6% YesNo 34.4%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 36.3% Yes
38.7% YesNo 61.3%
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 Brig: 20.0% Yes
9.7% YesNo 90.3%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 42.3% Yes
58.1% YesNo 41.9%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 36.8% Yes
53.3% YesNo 46.7%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 74.4% Yes
83.9% YesNo 16.1%
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 Brig: 42.1% Yes
61.3% YesNo 38.7%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP53.7% · strongest party
SVP53.7%
Mitte38.9%
FDP3.7%
SP1.7%
GLP1.0%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier100%
Cantonal tax multiplier100%
100%VS range 100%145%
Tax rank 6 of 122 in canton ValaisTax 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
100'000 CHF:13'690 CHF(~13.7%)
ZwischbergenCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Zwischbergen | 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 · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20206.2 °C
Territorial mean (incl. peaks)2 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'226 mm
6.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
3'929 m
Mean elevation
2'137 m
Relief
3'137 m
Mean slope
32°
Flat share
1.4%
South-facing
23.8%
Above 2000 m
59.5%
Relief 3'137 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
Roof potential
1.5 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
1.9 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
300
Per inhabitant
19'333 kWh/yr
1 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 · 2027Tariff H4
10.93 Rp./kWh
Energy
2.8 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
5.08 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.3 Rp./kWh
10.93 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 26.56 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Gemeinde Gondo-Zwischenberg, Stromversorgung
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 · 2024Premium regionRegion 2
Standard model, deductible 300522 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
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 · AREVacancy rate
1.63 %
Second homes
76.1 %
Avg. rooms
3.1
Dwellings
123
Built before 194631.7%
Built since 20016.5%
Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).
1.63 %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 · 2024Jobs
37
Workplaces
10
Services share
67.6 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 25 (67.6%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
1
Organic share
100 %
Farmland
56 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities75 #121 VS · #2093 CHGrowing municipalities5.6% #3 VS · #31 CHShrinking municipalities5.6% #120 VS · #2079 CHJobs per resident0.49 #30 VS · #568 CHFamilies & children1.3% #122 VS · #2108 CHAge structure26.7% #40 VS · #259 CHWomen share26.7% #122 VS · #2108 CHForeign residents41.3% #4 VS · #62 CHPopulation density1/km² #122 VS · #2108 CHTax burden13'690 #14 VS · #759 CHTaxes100% #6 VSWarmest municipalities6.2 °C #77 VS · #1932 CHSunniest municipalities54.4% #44 VS · #115 CHRainiest municipalities1'226 mm #13 VS · #643 CHVoter turnout67.6% #3 VS · #117 CHSVP strongholds53.7% #1 VS · #146 CHSP strongholds1.7% #118 VS · #2031 CHCentre strongholds38.9% #66 VS · #142 CHFDP strongholds3.7% #75 VS · #1947 CHGLP strongholds1% #89 VS · #1939 CHGreen strongholds1% #113 VS · #2017 CHLargest by area86 km² #16 VS · #91 CHHighest municipalities1'359 m #44 VS · #124 CHSecond homes76.1% #8 VS · #23 CHOrganic farming100% #1 VS · #18 CHBest-connected municipalities170 min #121 VS · #2080 CHRemotest municipalities170 min #2 VS · #32 CHHighest peaks3'929 m #19 VS · #24 CHHighest-lying municipalities2'137 m #33 VS · #66 CHGreatest vertical range3'137 m #14 VS · #17 CHSteepest municipalities32° #14 VS · #50 CHSolar potential1 GWh #121 VS · #2096 CHSolar potential per capita19'333 kWh #28 VS · #211 CHCheapest electricity10.93 Rp./kWh #1 VS · #3 CHMost expensive electricity10.93 Rp./kWh #122 VS · #2104 CH
Postal codes (1)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 3Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Zwischbergen?
- The postal code of Zwischbergen is 3907.
- What is the tax rate in Zwischbergen?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Zwischbergen is 100% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
- How much tax do you pay in Zwischbergen?
- A single person without children pays about 13'690 CHF income tax in Zwischbergen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Zwischbergen have?
- Zwischbergen has 75 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Zwischbergen?
- Zwischbergen has 31 foreign residents, a share of 41.33% (2025).
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