Verwaltungskreis Emmental
BernVerwaltungskreis Emmental is one of 10 districts of the canton of Bern and comprises 39 municipalities with 100'490 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.
Votes in Verwaltungskreis Emmental
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 100 % % in Rumendingen to 210 % % in Schangnau (median 179 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 14.6 % in Rumendingen to 18.2 % in Schangnau (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (24.091–34.959 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Verwaltungskreis Emmental rank
sum of its municipalities22 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Verwaltungskreis Emmental?
- Verwaltungskreis Emmental comprises 39 municipalities: Burgdorf, Langnau im Emmental, Kirchberg, Sumiswald, Utzenstorf, Lützelflüh, Hasle bei Burgdorf, Bätterkinden, Rüegsau, Oberburg, Hindelbank, Lauperswil, Signau, Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh, Eggiwil, Rüderswil, Krauchthal, Koppigen, Wynigen, Ersigen, Heimiswil, Trubschachen, Lyssach, Trub, Affoltern im Emmental, Röthenbach im Emmental, Aefligen, Dürrenroth, Wiler bei Utzenstorf, Trachselwald, Schangnau, Alchenstorf, Kernenried, Zielebach, Höchstetten, Hellsau, Willadingen, Rüti bei Lyssach, Rumendingen. Together they have 100'490 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Verwaltungskreis Emmental in?
- Verwaltungskreis Emmental lies in the canton of Bern, which is divided into 10 districts.
- How many people live in Verwaltungskreis Emmental?
- Verwaltungskreis Emmental has 100'490 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 39 municipalities; the largest is Burgdorf with 17'577.
- Does Verwaltungskreis Emmental have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Verwaltungskreis Emmental the municipal rate ranges from 100 % (Rumendingen) to 210 % (Schangnau).
- How did Verwaltungskreis Emmental vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, Verwaltungskreis Emmental voted 56.4 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.