Postcode and municipality
Population Figures in Mixed Postcodes: What the Numbers Mean
In mixed postcodes, the population belongs to the postal boundary, not a specific town. Here is how to read the data without getting misled.
Municipality hub
Bex
Bex connects 2 postcode pages in Vaud. This hub shows membership, address shares, and demographic context.
- Postcodes
- 2
- Population
- 8'128
- Streets
- 159
- Effective tax rate
- 14.56%
- ESTV: single, CHF 80,000, no church tax
Postcodes in Bex
The municipality includes 2 split-postcode cases and 6 locality names. Use the links for address, demographic, and map context.
How this municipality cluster behaves
Bex connects these postcodes through one administrative structure.
For ESTV tax year 2024, the standard scenario produces CHF 11'646 total tax, or 14.56% effective.
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Guides for comparing Bex
These articles explain how to read postcode, municipality, and demographic data for relocation or comparison work.
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.
Moving and taxes
Moving from Lausanne to the suburbs: Which postcodes make sense for taxes?
Leaving Lausanne for the surrounding municipalities is rarely just a tax decision. When rates are nearly identical, the real choice is about commuting and infrastructure.
Moving and taxes
Moving from Geneva to Vaud: What a canton switch changes
Leaving Geneva for Vaud is a classic tax move, but the tax rate alone is not enough. You have to weigh the financial gain against the daily commute.
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
Family-friendly postcodes with larger households: where the data point
The comparison shows which postcodes combine a higher average household size with enough households to make the signal useful, and where the top of the ranking is just a small-sample spike.