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
Steinen
Steinen connects 1 postcode pages in Schwyz. This hub shows membership, address shares, and demographic context.
- Postcodes
- 1
- Population
- 3'776
- Streets
- 143
- Effective tax rate
- 7.97%
- ESTV: single, CHF 80,000, no church tax
Postcodes in Steinen
The municipality includes 1 split-postcode cases and 1 locality names. Use the links for address, demographic, and map context.
How this municipality cluster behaves
Steinen connects these postcodes through one administrative structure.
For ESTV tax year 2024, the standard scenario produces CHF 6'375 total tax, or 7.97% effective.
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Moving and taxes
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Cantonal taxes
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Household fit
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