What is the postal code of Arch?

The postal code of Arch is 3296.

What is the tax rate in Arch?

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

How much tax do you pay in Arch?

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

How many residents does Arch have?

Arch has 1'713 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Arch?

Arch has 157 foreign residents, a share of 9.17% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Arch

3296

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

867 50.6%

Men

846 49.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

320 18.7%

Swiss citizens

1'556 90.8%

Foreign residents

157 9.2%

Population density

268 pop./km²

0–19 · 320 · 18.7%20–64 · 983 · 57.4%65+ · 410 · 23.9%

Foreign residents 9.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −31 (−1.8%) · 15 births · 12 deaths · net migration −34

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 Arch

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 Seeland: 22.8% Yes

21.2% YesNo 78.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

40.3% YesNo 59.7%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

27.6% YesNo 72.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

57.8% YesNo 42.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

69.2% YesNo 30.8%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

25.7% YesNo 74.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

14.0% YesNo 86.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

51.5% YesNo 48.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

49.5% YesNo 50.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP51.9% · strongest party

SVP51.9%

Mitte12.6%

SP10.6%

FDP5.9%

Übrige5.6%

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 186 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%)

ArchCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Arch	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'062 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

572 m

Mean elevation

484 m

Relief

147 m

Mean slope

4.1°

Flat share

70.6%

South-facing

1.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 147 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

16.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

20.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'600

Per inhabitant

9'393 kWh/yr

16 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

28.11 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.92 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.32 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.3 Rp./kWh

28.11 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Regio Energie Solothurn

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 Arch →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

2.18 %

Second homes

9.3 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

873

Built before 194622.1%

Built since 200118.7%

2.18 %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

539

Workplaces

112

Services share

41.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 29 (5.4%) · Secondary 285 (52.9%) · Tertiary 225 (41.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

293 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 60 min · Car 47 min

AgglomerationPT 12 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 188/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number381

Websitearch-be.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Arch ranks

Largest municipalities1'713 #138 BE · #1067 CH Growing municipalities-1.8% #299 BE · #1962 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.8% #36 BE · #145 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #201 BE · #1213 CH Families & children18.7% #223 BE · #1517 CH Age structure23.9% #144 BE · #527 CH Women share50.6% #124 BE · #563 CH Foreign residents9.2% #179 BE · #1779 CH Population density268/km² #92 BE · #847 CH Tax burden17'048 #169 BE · #1865 CH Taxes175% #186 BE Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #76 BE · #1026 CH Sunniest municipalities39.9% #330 BE · #1927 CH Rainiest municipalities1'062 mm #247 BE · #1313 CH Voter turnout50.7% #244 BE · #1719 CH Against Switzerland26.5% #33 BE · #156 CH Aligned with Switzerland73.5% #165 BE · #1272 CH SVP strongholds51.9% #86 BE · #188 CH SP strongholds10.6% #228 BE · #1457 CH Centre strongholds12.6% #29 BE · #987 CH FDP strongholds5.9% #164 BE · #1791 CH GLP strongholds5.3% #241 BE · #1118 CH Green strongholds4.4% #265 BE · #1646 CH Largest by area6.4 km² #209 BE · #1344 CH Highest municipalities480 m #269 BE · #1312 CH Second homes9.3% #244 BE · #1349 CH Organic farming0% #265 BE · #1635 CH Best-connected municipalities60 min #141 BE · #765 CH Remotest municipalities60 min #188 BE · #1325 CH Highest peaks572 m #271 BE · #1640 CH Highest-lying municipalities484 m #271 BE · #1513 CH Greatest vertical range147 m #236 BE · #1604 CH Steepest municipalities4.1° #259 BE · #1718 CH Solar potential16 GWh #177 BE · #1187 CH Solar potential per capita9'393 kWh #249 BE · #1182 CH Cheapest electricity28.11 Rp./kWh #251 BE · #1366 CH Most expensive electricity28.11 Rp./kWh #82 BE · #738 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3296

Arch

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Arch3296

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Arch?: The postal code of Arch is 3296.
What is the tax rate in Arch?: The municipal tax multiplier of Arch is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Arch?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Arch on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Arch have?: Arch has 1'713 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Arch?: Arch has 157 foreign residents, a share of 9.17% (2025).

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