Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental
BernVerwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental is one of 10 districts of the canton of Bern and comprises 13 municipalities with 41'799 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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental
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 157 % % in Wimmis to 199 % % in Adelboden (median 177 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 16.5 % in Wimmis to 17.8 % in Adelboden (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 (24.091–32.153 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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental rank
sum of its municipalities3 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental?
- Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental comprises 13 municipalities: Spiez, Frutigen, Reichenbach im Kandertal, Adelboden, Wimmis, Aeschi bei Spiez, Diemtigen, Erlenbach im Simmental, Kandersteg, Krattigen, Därstetten, Oberwil im Simmental, Kandergrund. Together they have 41'799 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental in?
- Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental lies in the canton of Bern, which is divided into 10 districts.
- How many people live in Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental?
- Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental has 41'799 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 13 municipalities; the largest is Spiez with 13'332.
- Does Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental the municipal rate ranges from 157 % (Wimmis) to 199 % (Adelboden).
- How did Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental voted 62.4 % 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.