Population
3'390
About Grandson
City · Vaud
Grandson is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is situated on the south-west tip of Lake Neuchâtel, about 25 km north of Lausanne. It was part of the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy until the death of Rudolph III of Burgundy (993-1032), also King of Lower Burgundy, the last in the male line, when it was united with the Holy Roman Empire. On 2 March 1476, during the Burgundian Wars, Charles the Bold was defeated here in the Battle of Grandson.
Population
3'390
Tax multiplier
69%
Grandson in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.69%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 47'000↑0.4%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 51'500↑0.2%
71%
Cantonal tax multiplier
155%
0.34%↓57.5%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture64%
- Settlement26%
- Forest8%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
20.0%↑2.2%
Middle in canton
Median price
CHF 8'548/ m²
+1% vs CH
Dwellings
1'765↑0.9%
Jobs (FTE)
1'303↑2.4%
86%
1%
Fibre
Property market in Grandson
The rental vacancy rate is 0.34%, 63% below the cantonal average (0.92 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 69%, roughly the cantonal average (69 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 60'450, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Grandson has 3'390 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
