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Municipality hub
Kerns
Kerns connects 4 postcode pages in Obwalden. This hub shows membership, address shares, and demographic context.
- Postcodes
- 4
- Population
- 6'722
- Streets
- 185
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
- ESTV: single, CHF 80,000, no church tax
Postcodes in Kerns
The municipality includes 2 split-postcode cases and 4 locality names. Use the links for address, demographic, and map context.
6066
Low taxesSt. Niklausen OW
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 1'708
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6068
Low taxesMelchsee-Frutt
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 1'708
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6064
Low taxesKerns
- Address share
- 99.9%
- Population
- 1'708
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6067
Low taxesMelchtal
- Address share
- 89.4%
- Population
- 1'599
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
How this municipality cluster behaves
Kerns connects these postcodes through one administrative structure.
For ESTV tax year 2024, the standard scenario produces CHF 9'099 total tax, or 11.37% effective.
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