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
Saint-Gingolph
Saint-Gingolph connects 1 postcode pages in Valais. This hub shows membership, address shares, and demographic context.
- Postcodes
- 1
- Population
- 1'133
- Streets
- 61
- Effective tax rate
- 15.14%
- ESTV: single, CHF 80,000, no church tax
Postcodes in Saint-Gingolph
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
Saint-Gingolph connects these postcodes through one administrative structure.
For ESTV tax year 2024, the standard scenario produces CHF 12'112 total tax, or 15.14% effective.
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