Postcode and municipality
Swiss postcodes vs municipalities: which unit you should trust
Postcodes and municipalities overlap in Switzerland, but they are not the same thing. Keeping them separate makes tax data and location data easier to read.
Municipality hub
Sattel
Sattel connects 4 postcode pages in Schwyz. This hub shows membership, address shares, and demographic context.
- Postcodes
- 4
- Population
- 2'168
- Streets
- 109
- Effective tax rate
- 7.54%
- ESTV: single, CHF 80,000, no church tax
Postcodes in Sattel
The municipality includes 4 split-postcode cases and 6 locality names. Use the links for address, demographic, and map context.
How this municipality cluster behaves
Sattel connects these postcodes through one administrative structure.
For ESTV tax year 2024, the standard scenario produces CHF 6'034 total tax, or 7.54% effective.
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Guides for comparing Sattel
These articles explain how to read postcode, municipality, and demographic data for relocation or comparison work.
Postcode and municipality
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Moving and taxes
Moving with CHF 80,000 income: which PLZ are tax attractive
The official ESTV comparison puts Baar, Zug and Walchwil at the front for a single person earning CHF 80,000. This guide explains the ranking and its limits.
Moving and taxes
Moving as a couple on CHF 120,000: the strongest Swiss postal codes
Baar, Zug and Walchwil lead the official ESTV comparison for a married couple with CHF 120,000 gross income. Here is the useful shortlist.
Cantonal taxes
How to compare Swiss tax burden by postcode
A reliable comparison keeps the ESTV scenario fixed and checks which municipality supplies the tax result shown for each postcode.
Household fit
Comparing municipalities without rent data: which demographic indicators still help
The comparison shows which demographic fields help when rent data is missing, and what they can and cannot tell you about a municipality.