What is the postal code of Aeschi bei Spiez?

Aeschi bei Spiez has 4 postal codes: 3702, 3703, 3704, 3711.

What is the tax rate in Aeschi bei Spiez?

The municipal tax multiplier of Aeschi bei Spiez is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Aeschi bei Spiez?

A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Aeschi bei Spiez on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Aeschi bei Spiez have?

Aeschi bei Spiez has 2'353 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Aeschi bei Spiez?

Aeschi bei Spiez has 194 foreign residents, a share of 8.24% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Aeschi bei Spiez

3702–3711

BE CANTON3702 3703 3704 3711

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'203 51.1%

Men

1'150 48.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

451 19.2%

Swiss citizens

2'159 91.8%

Foreign residents

194 8.2%

Population density

76 pop./km²

0–19 · 451 · 19.2%20–64 · 1'314 · 55.8%65+ · 588 · 25.0%

Foreign residents 8.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +28 (+1.2%) · 20 births · 13 deaths · net migration +17

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 Aeschi bei Spiez

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 20.3% Yes

21.5% YesNo 78.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 42.4% Yes

43.4% YesNo 56.6%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 28.9% Yes

30.3% YesNo 69.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.4% Yes

63.3% YesNo 36.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.1% Yes

62.2% YesNo 37.8%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 31.7% Yes

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 38.4% Yes

39.3% YesNo 60.7%

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 19.0% Yes

20.1% YesNo 79.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 48.0% Yes

46.7% YesNo 53.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 46.6% Yes

47.7% YesNo 52.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP44.9% · strongest party

SVP44.9%

GLP10.0%

EDU9.2%

SP8.5%

EVP6.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier179%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

179%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 194 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'178 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 193 of 334 in the canton · 1902 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:17'178 CHF(~17.2%)

Aeschi bei SpiezCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Aeschi bei Spiez	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.5%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.3%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.5%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 1991–20208.1 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)5.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'230 mm

8.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'747 m

Mean elevation

1'413 m

Relief

2'102 m

Mean slope

25.5°

Flat share

6.7%

South-facing

15.3%

Above 2000 m

14.3%

Relief 2'102 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

30.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

40.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'700

Per inhabitant

12'813 kWh/yr

30 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

25.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

25.59 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator BKW Energie AG

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 Aeschi bei Spiez →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

0.41 %

Second homes

18.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

1'474

Built before 194632.9%

Built since 200119.9%

0.41 %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

1'028

Workplaces

215

Services share

69.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 150 (14.6%) · Secondary 166 (16.1%) · Tertiary 712 (69.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

28.1 %

Farmland

966 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 67 min · Car 43 min

AgglomerationPT 19 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 146/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number562

Websiteaeschi.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Aeschi bei Spiez ranks

Largest municipalities2'353 #115 BE · #882 CH Growing municipalities1.2% #93 BE · #683 CH Shrinking municipalities1.2% #241 BE · #1423 CH Jobs per resident0.44 #111 BE · #695 CH Families & children19.2% #200 BE · #1379 CH Age structure25% #103 BE · #398 CH Women share51.1% #77 BE · #341 CH Foreign residents8.2% #199 BE · #1845 CH Population density76/km² #240 BE · #1608 CH Tax burden17'178 #194 BE · #1903 CH Taxes179% #194 BE Warmest municipalities8.1 °C #242 BE · #1676 CH Sunniest municipalities46.6% #41 BE · #495 CH Rainiest municipalities1'230 mm #121 BE · #627 CH Voter turnout62.4% #22 BE · #382 CH Against Switzerland25.5% #39 BE · #195 CH Aligned with Switzerland74.5% #162 BE · #1232 CH SVP strongholds44.9% #144 BE · #407 CH SP strongholds8.5% #255 BE · #1650 CH Centre strongholds5.9% #237 BE · #1692 CH FDP strongholds5.6% #173 BE · #1806 CH GLP strongholds10% #96 BE · #313 CH Green strongholds5.1% #237 BE · #1526 CH Largest by area31 km² #42 BE · #304 CH Highest municipalities1'268 m #21 BE · #150 CH Second homes18.7% #58 BE · #373 CH Organic farming28.1% #37 BE · #379 CH Best-connected municipalities67 min #189 BE · #982 CH Remotest municipalities67 min #146 BE · #1109 CH Highest peaks2'747 m #17 BE · #202 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'413 m #28 BE · #229 CH Greatest vertical range2'102 m #13 BE · #168 CH Steepest municipalities25.5° #31 BE · #245 CH Solar potential30 GWh #90 BE · #672 CH Solar potential per capita12'813 kWh #155 BE · #656 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #82 BE · #576 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #169 BE · #1439 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 6

Aeschi b. Spiez3703 Aeschiried3703 Emdthal3711 Hondrich3702 Krattigen3704 Mülenen3711

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Wimmis

BE · 1.6 km

Reichenbach im Kandertal

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Aeschi bei Spiez?: Aeschi bei Spiez has 4 postal codes: 3702, 3703, 3704, 3711.
What is the tax rate in Aeschi bei Spiez?: The municipal tax multiplier of Aeschi bei Spiez is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Aeschi bei Spiez?: A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Aeschi bei Spiez on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Aeschi bei Spiez have?: Aeschi bei Spiez has 2'353 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Aeschi bei Spiez?: Aeschi bei Spiez has 194 foreign residents, a share of 8.24% (2025).

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