Population
1'604↑4.1%
About L'Abbaye
Municipality · Vaud
L'Abbaye is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the Jura-Nord Vaudois district in the Vallée de Joux. It takes its name from Lac de Joux Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery.
Population
1'604
Tax multiplier
76%
L'Abbaye in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.76%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 42'950↓1.0%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 48'107↓1.3%
71%
Cantonal tax multiplier
155%
0.30%↓72.7%
Below average in canton
- Forest60%
- Agriculture34%
- Settlement4%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
18.6%↑7.6%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
1'000
Jobs (FTE)
469↓8.2%
78%
57%
Fibre
Housing market in L'Abbaye
The rental vacancy rate is 0.30%, 67% below the cantonal average (0.92 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 76%, 10% above the cantonal average (69 %). Median taxable income is CHF 57'300, 7% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). L'Abbaye has 1'604 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
