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Municipality hub
Mels
Mels connects 6 postcode pages in St. Gallen. This hub shows membership, address shares, and demographic context.
- Postcodes
- 6
- Population
- 9'621
- Streets
- 557
- Effective tax rate
- 12.55%
- ESTV: single, CHF 80,000, no church tax
Postcodes in Mels
The municipality includes 1 split-postcode cases and 6 locality names. Use the links for address, demographic, and map context.
7325
Schwendi im Weisstannental
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 1'601
- Effective tax rate
- 12.55%
7326
Weisstannen
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 1'601
- Effective tax rate
- 12.55%
8886
Mädris-Vermol
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 1'601
- Effective tax rate
- 12.55%
8887
Mels
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 1'601
- Effective tax rate
- 12.55%
8889
Plons
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 1'601
- Effective tax rate
- 12.55%
8888
Heiligkreuz (Mels)
- Address share
- 99.2%
- Population
- 1'616
- Effective tax rate
- 12.55%
How this municipality cluster behaves
Mels connects these postcodes through one administrative structure.
For ESTV tax year 2024, the standard scenario produces CHF 10'042 total tax, or 12.55% effective.
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