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.
Municipality hub
Montreux
Montreux connects 10 postcode pages in Vaud. This hub shows membership, address shares, and demographic context.
- Postcodes
- 10
- Population
- 27'462
- Streets
- 473
- Effective tax rate
- 14.19%
- ESTV: single, CHF 80,000, no church tax
Postcodes in Montreux
The municipality includes 2 split-postcode cases and 13 locality names. Use the links for address, demographic, and map context.
1815
Low taxesClarens
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 3'167
- Effective tax rate
- 14.19%
1816
Low taxesChailly-Montreux
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 3'167
- Effective tax rate
- 14.19%
1817
Low taxesBrent
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 3'167
- Effective tax rate
- 14.19%
1822
Low taxesChernex
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 3'167
- Effective tax rate
- 14.19%
1823
Low taxesGlion
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 3'167
- Effective tax rate
- 14.19%
1824
Low taxesCaux
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 3'167
- Effective tax rate
- 14.19%
1832
Low taxesChamby
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 3'167
- Effective tax rate
- 14.19%
1833
Low taxesLes Avants
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 3'167
- Effective tax rate
- 14.19%
1820
Low taxesMontreux
- Address share
- 66.7%
- Population
- 2'119
- Effective tax rate
- 14.19%
1807
Low taxesBlonay
- Address share
- 0.1%
- Population
- 7
- Effective tax rate
- 14.41%
How this municipality cluster behaves
Montreux connects these postcodes through one administrative structure.
For ESTV tax year 2024, the standard scenario produces CHF 11'355 total tax, or 14.19% effective.
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