Living in Val-de-Ruz
With a municipal tax multiplier of 66%, this municipality ranks 4 among the least taxed of the 23 municipalities in canton NE.
- Population
- 17,514
- Municipal multiplier
- 66 %
- Tax rank in canton
- No. 4 of 23
STATPOP 2024
ESTV 2025
Neuchâtel
That is 9 points below the median municipality in canton NE. With 17,514 inhabitants, it is the 3 most populous of the canton’s 27 municipalities. Under-20s make up 23.1% of the population, against 19.9% for Switzerland as a whole: the municipality skews young.
Key figures
Official figures, each with its reference year.
17,514
STATPOP 2024
7,598
CHF 54,695
Age structure
Permanent resident population, by age group.
- 0–19 years
- 4,03923.1 %
- 20–64 years
- 10,36259.2 %
- 65 and over
- 3,11317.8 %
Municipal taxation
As a % of the simple cantonal tax (FTA 2025). This is not a tax rate: it applies to the cantonal scale.
66 %
124 %
Position within the canton
Scale of communal tax multipliers, from the canton's lowest-taxed municipality to its highest.
Cantonal median: 75 %
Information published by the municipality
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