Population
27'182↑0.8%
About Montreux
Municipality · Vaud
Montreux is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud, having a population of nearly 27,000 with about 85,000 in the Vevey-Montreux agglomeration as of 2019.
Population
27'182
Tax multiplier
65%
Montreux in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.65%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 37'500↑0.3%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 42'150↑0.3%
68%
Cantonal tax multiplier
155%
1.13%↑7.6%
Middle in canton
- Forest51%
- Agriculture24%
- Settlement20%
- Other4%
Foreign residents
46.0%↑1.5%
Top 10% in canton
Median price
CHF 10'681/ m²
+26% vs CH
Dwellings
15'841↑0.2%
Jobs (FTE)
10'097↓0.9%
80%
57%
Fibre
Property market in Montreux
The rental vacancy rate is 1.13%, 23% above the cantonal average (0.92 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 65%, 6% below the cantonal average (69 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 53'000, 14% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Montreux has 27'182 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
