What is the postal code of Alchenstorf?

The postal code of Alchenstorf is 3473.

What is the tax rate in Alchenstorf?

The municipal tax multiplier of Alchenstorf is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Alchenstorf?

A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Alchenstorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Alchenstorf have?

Alchenstorf has 630 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Alchenstorf?

Alchenstorf has 27 foreign residents, a share of 4.29% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Alchenstorf

3473

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

306 48.6%

Men

324 51.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

122 19.4%

Swiss citizens

603 95.7%

Foreign residents

27 4.3%

Population density

96 pop./km²

0–19 · 122 · 19.4%20–64 · 343 · 54.4%65+ · 165 · 26.2%

Foreign residents 4.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −4 (−0.6%) · 4 births · 4 deaths · net migration −4

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 Alchenstorf

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 Emmental: 21.9% Yes

17.1% YesNo 82.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 31.8% Yes

30.0% YesNo 70.0%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 35.2% Yes

25.8% YesNo 74.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 56.4% Yes

61.0% YesNo 39.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 55.4% Yes

61.5% YesNo 38.5%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 37.8% Yes

30.9% YesNo 69.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 44.7% Yes

41.8% YesNo 58.2%

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 Emmental: 23.2% Yes

15.1% YesNo 84.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 40.4% Yes

41.3% YesNo 58.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 39.1% Yes

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP54.4% · strongest party

SVP54.4%

Mitte12.0%

SP7.5%

FDP6.9%

GLP5.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

175%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 170 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'048 CHF(17%)

Rank 167 of 334 in the canton · 1863 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:17'048 CHF(~17%)

AlchenstorfCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Alchenstorf	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.1%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	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 1991–20209.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'063 mm

9.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

625 m

Mean elevation

535 m

Relief

146 m

Mean slope

6.6°

Flat share

48.8%

South-facing

17.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 146 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

9.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

12.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'100

Per inhabitant

15'127 kWh/yr

10 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

0.33 %

Second homes

6 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

303

Built before 194648.2%

Built since 200111.6%

0.33 %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

127

Workplaces

Services share

29.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 79 (62.2%) · Secondary 11 (8.7%) · Tertiary 37 (29.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

18.2 %

Farmland

429 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 51 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 26 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 233/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number402

Websitealchenstorf.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Alchenstorf ranks

Largest municipalities630 #241 BE · #1695 CH Growing municipalities-0.6% #251 BE · #1697 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.6% #84 BE · #412 CH Jobs per resident0.2 #288 BE · #1764 CH Families & children19.4% #183 BE · #1335 CH Age structure26.2% #69 BE · #286 CH Women share48.6% #292 BE · #1666 CH Foreign residents4.3% #283 BE · #2040 CH Population density96/km² #210 BE · #1498 CH Tax burden17'048 #168 BE · #1864 CH Taxes175% #170 BE Warmest municipalities9.1 °C #144 BE · #1286 CH Sunniest municipalities40.8% #254 BE · #1479 CH Rainiest municipalities1'063 mm #244 BE · #1308 CH Voter turnout55.9% #118 BE · #1093 CH SVP strongholds54.4% #61 BE · #126 CH SP strongholds7.5% #271 BE · #1745 CH Centre strongholds12% #39 BE · #1033 CH FDP strongholds6.9% #133 BE · #1719 CH GLP strongholds5.2% #243 BE · #1143 CH Green strongholds4.1% #277 BE · #1714 CH Largest by area6.6 km² #203 BE · #1314 CH Highest municipalities507 m #248 BE · #1174 CH Second homes6% #324 BE · #1968 CH Organic farming18.2% #82 BE · #719 CH Best-connected municipalities51 min #96 BE · #495 CH Remotest municipalities51 min #233 BE · #1604 CH Highest peaks625 m #228 BE · #1438 CH Highest-lying municipalities535 m #239 BE · #1280 CH Greatest vertical range146 m #239 BE · #1607 CH Steepest municipalities6.6° #203 BE · #1295 CH Solar potential10 GWh #235 BE · #1585 CH Solar potential per capita15'127 kWh #96 BE · #415 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #57 BE · #551 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #144 BE · #1414 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3473

Alchenstorf

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Alchenstorf3473

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Alchenstorf?: The postal code of Alchenstorf is 3473.
What is the tax rate in Alchenstorf?: The municipal tax multiplier of Alchenstorf is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Alchenstorf?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Alchenstorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Alchenstorf have?: Alchenstorf has 630 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Alchenstorf?: Alchenstorf has 27 foreign residents, a share of 4.29% (2025).

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