What is the postal code of Aarwangen?

Aarwangen has 2 postal codes: 4912, 4922.

What is the tax rate in Aarwangen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Aarwangen is 157% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Aarwangen?

A single person without children pays about 16'463 CHF income tax in Aarwangen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 63 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Aarwangen have?

Aarwangen has 4'873 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Aarwangen?

Aarwangen has 967 foreign residents, a share of 19.84% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Aarwangen

4912–4922

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'423 49.7%

Men

2'450 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

980 20.1%

Swiss citizens

3'906 80.2%

Foreign residents

967 19.8%

Population density

492 pop./km²

0–19 · 980 · 20.1%20–64 · 2'824 · 58.0%65+ · 1'069 · 21.9%

Foreign residents 19.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +60 (+1.3%) · 37 births · 37 deaths · net migration +44

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Aarwangen

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 22.2% Yes

21.8% YesNo 78.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.3% Yes

29.2% YesNo 70.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.1% Yes

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 58.5% Yes

58.8% YesNo 41.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 57.9% Yes

53.8% YesNo 46.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 34.8% Yes

37.6% YesNo 62.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 46.2% Yes

50.4% YesNo 49.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 20.9% Yes

21.4% YesNo 78.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 42.2% Yes

39.1% YesNo 60.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 39.8% Yes

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

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Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.6% · strongest party

SVP37.6%

SP15.5%

FDP10.6%

GLP10.4%

Mitte8.5%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier157%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

157%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 63 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'463 CHF(16.5%)

Rank 63 of 334 in the canton · 1554 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 17'048 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee 14'255 CHF · most expensive Schelten 18'510 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'463 CHF(~16.5%)

AarwangenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Aarwangen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.7%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.4%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.8%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.9%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.7%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.5%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.5%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.3%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.2%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.4%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.2%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.3%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.3%	25.1–31.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'117 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

513 m

Mean elevation

451 m

Relief

105 m

Mean slope

4°

Flat share

71.8%

South-facing

4.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 105 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

39.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

51 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'800

Per inhabitant

8'112 kWh/yr

40 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

23.86 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.9 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

7.66 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.3 Rp./kWh

23.86 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Einwohnergemeinde Aarwangen, Elektrizitätsversorgung

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Aarwangen →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 of canton Bern. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Bern (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

1.82 %

Second homes

8.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

2'306

Built before 194620.4%

Built since 200124.2%

1.82 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

1'628

Workplaces

259

Services share

56.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 69 (4.2%) · Secondary 645 (39.6%) · Tertiary 914 (56.1%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

4.5 %

Farmland

527 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 68 min · Car 54 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 139/334 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number321

Websiteaarwangen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Aarwangen ranks

Largest municipalities4'873 #44 BE · #451 CH Growing municipalities1.3% #87 BE · #658 CH Shrinking municipalities1.3% #247 BE · #1449 CH Jobs per resident0.33 #187 BE · #1122 CH Families & children20.1% #124 BE · #1101 CH Age structure21.9% #227 BE · #868 CH Women share49.7% #214 BE · #1103 CH Foreign residents19.8% #53 BE · #879 CH Population density492/km² #56 BE · #513 CH Tax burden16'463 #63 BE · #1554 CH Taxes157% #63 BE Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #75 BE · #1025 CH Sunniest municipalities40.3% #294 BE · #1665 CH Rainiest municipalities1'117 mm #194 BE · #996 CH Voter turnout49% #274 BE · #1855 CH Against Switzerland15.7% #105 BE · #828 CH Aligned with Switzerland84.3% #91 BE · #570 CH SVP strongholds37.6% #226 BE · #796 CH SP strongholds15.5% #133 BE · #891 CH Centre strongholds8.5% #144 BE · #1367 CH FDP strongholds10.6% #36 BE · #1311 CH GLP strongholds10.4% #81 BE · #271 CH Green strongholds7.8% #122 BE · #912 CH Largest by area9.9 km² #151 BE · #966 CH Highest municipalities437 m #319 BE · #1635 CH Second homes8.5% #270 BE · #1504 CH Organic farming4.5% #246 BE · #1544 CH Best-connected municipalities68 min #193 BE · #1011 CH Remotest municipalities68 min #139 BE · #1075 CH Highest peaks513 m #304 BE · #1834 CH Highest-lying municipalities451 m #311 BE · #1712 CH Greatest vertical range105 m #275 BE · #1808 CH Steepest municipalities4° #264 BE · #1735 CH Solar potential40 GWh #62 BE · #473 CH Solar potential per capita8'112 kWh #280 BE · #1442 CH Cheapest electricity23.86 Rp./kWh #2 BE · #89 CH Most expensive electricity23.86 Rp./kWh #332 BE · #2018 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Aarwangen4912 Bützberg4922

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Aarwangen?: Aarwangen has 2 postal codes: 4912, 4922.
What is the tax rate in Aarwangen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Aarwangen is 157% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Aarwangen?: A single person without children pays about 16'463 CHF income tax in Aarwangen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 63 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Aarwangen have?: Aarwangen has 4'873 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Aarwangen?: Aarwangen has 967 foreign residents, a share of 19.84% (2025).

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