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Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Bern

Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli is one of 10 districts of the canton of Bern and comprises 28 municipalities with 49'166 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.

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN

Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

district results as published by BFS
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP40.2% · strongest party
SVP40.2%
SP15.4%
GLP9.6%
FDP7.3%
GRÜNE7.1%
Mitte7.0%
EDU4.9%
Übrige4.4%
EVP3.6%
SD0.5%
Lütschental
150 %
median of its municipalities
178.5 %
Hasliberg
210 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 150 % % in Lütschental to 210 % % in Hasliberg (median 178.5 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 16.2 % in Lütschental to 18.2 % in Hasliberg (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.47 %
Dwellings
38'988
Avg. rooms
3.3
Built before 1946
33.6%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+4 +0%
births
327
deaths
516
net migration
+170
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
30'873
Workplaces
4'678
Services share
77.8 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 1'481 (4.8%) · Secondary 5'315 (17.2%) · Tertiary 24'009 (77.8%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
500
Organic share
18.8 %
Farmland
8'707 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
2.7 °C
Precipitation
1'828 mm
Elevation
557–4'248 m
Flat share
5.2%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
557 GWh
Electricity
25.6 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
99 min
Road to centre
61 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (23.9333.539 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli?
Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli comprises 28 municipalities: Interlaken, Unterseen, Meiringen, Matten bei Interlaken, Grindelwald, Brienz, Bönigen, Wilderswil, Ringgenberg, Lauterbrunnen, Beatenberg, Leissigen, Hasliberg, Innertkirchen, Schwanden bei Brienz, Habkern, Schattenhalb, Hofstetten bei Brienz, Brienzwiler, Oberried am Brienzersee, Gsteigwiler, Därligen, Iseltwald, Gündlischwand, Niederried bei Interlaken, Lütschental, Guttannen, Saxeten. Together they have 49'166 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli in?
Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli lies in the canton of Bern, which is divided into 10 districts.
How many people live in Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli?
Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli has 49'166 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 28 municipalities; the largest is Interlaken with 6'123.
Does Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli the municipal rate ranges from 150 % (Lütschental) to 210 % (Hasliberg).
How did Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli voted 59.9 % 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.