What is the postal code of Bellmund?

Bellmund has 3 postal codes: 2562, 2563, 2564.

What is the tax rate in Bellmund?

The municipal tax multiplier of Bellmund is 130% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Bellmund?

A single person without children pays about 15'586 CHF income tax in Bellmund on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 11 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Bellmund have?

Bellmund has 1'805 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bellmund?

Bellmund has 152 foreign residents, a share of 8.42% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Bellmund

2562–2564

BE CANTON2562 2563 2564

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

910 50.4%

Men

895 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

412 22.8%

Swiss citizens

1'653 91.6%

Foreign residents

152 8.4%

Population density

475 pop./km²

0–19 · 412 · 22.8%20–64 · 1'013 · 56.1%65+ · 380 · 21.1%

Foreign residents 8.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+0.2%) · 20 births · 8 deaths · net migration −7

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 Bellmund

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 Biel/Bienne: 35.0% Yes

24.7% YesNo 75.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 24.0% Yes

23.7% YesNo 76.3%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 43.6% Yes

34.2% YesNo 65.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 44.6% Yes

56.6% YesNo 43.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 39.2% Yes

43.8% YesNo 56.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 52.4% Yes

47.6% YesNo 52.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 62.3% Yes

56.3% YesNo 43.7%

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 Biel/Bienne: 37.1% Yes

21.2% YesNo 78.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 33.9% Yes

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 36.5% Yes

29.2% YesNo 70.8%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP26.6% · strongest party

SVP26.6%

GLP15.9%

FDP14.6%

SP13.3%

Mitte11.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier130%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

130%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 12 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'586 CHF(15.6%)

Rank 11 of 334 in the canton · 1122 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:15'586 CHF(~15.6%)

BellmundCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bellmund	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	10.8%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.1%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	13.9%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	14.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	15.6%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	16.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.2%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	18.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	19.4%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	22.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	25.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	26.1%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27%	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 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'095 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

611 m

Mean elevation

502 m

Relief

179 m

Mean slope

4.7°

Flat share

62.4%

South-facing

4.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 179 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

13 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

16.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'900

Per inhabitant

7'224 kWh/yr

13 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

34.05 Rp./kWh

Energy

14.9 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

13.12 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.3 Rp./kWh

34.05 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Einwohnergemeinde Bellmund, 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Bellmund →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

1.14 %

Second homes

5.9 %

Avg. rooms

4.4

Dwellings

788

Built before 194612.1%

Built since 200138.7%

1.14 %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

232

Workplaces

Services share

80.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 18 (7.8%) · Secondary 27 (11.6%) · Tertiary 187 (80.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

199 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 60 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 16 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 190/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number732

Websitebellmund.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bellmund ranks

Largest municipalities1'805 #133 BE · #1032 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #173 BE · #1273 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #162 BE · #833 CH Jobs per resident0.13 #333 BE · #2031 CH Families & children22.8% #27 BE · #346 CH Age structure21.1% #252 BE · #1020 CH Women share50.4% #152 BE · #674 CH Foreign residents8.4% #194 BE · #1830 CH Population density475/km² #57 BE · #529 CH Tax burden15'586 #11 BE · #1122 CH Taxes130% #12 BE Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #51 BE · #690 CH Sunniest municipalities40.2% #309 BE · #1715 CH Rainiest municipalities1'095 mm #215 BE · #1134 CH Voter turnout59.6% #49 BE · #631 CH Against Switzerland4.9% #195 BE · #1433 CH Aligned with Switzerland95.1% #10 BE · #25 CH SVP strongholds26.6% #304 BE · #1481 CH SP strongholds13.3% #168 BE · #1130 CH Centre strongholds11.3% #56 BE · #1084 CH FDP strongholds14.6% #6 BE · #856 CH GLP strongholds15.9% #3 BE · #13 CH Green strongholds7.5% #134 BE · #971 CH Largest by area3.8 km² #273 BE · #1748 CH Highest municipalities506 m #249 BE · #1177 CH Second homes5.9% #326 BE · #1982 CH Organic farming0% #309 BE · #1679 CH Best-connected municipalities60 min #143 BE · #767 CH Remotest municipalities60 min #190 BE · #1327 CH Highest peaks611 m #234 BE · #1494 CH Highest-lying municipalities502 m #257 BE · #1421 CH Greatest vertical range179 m #209 BE · #1447 CH Steepest municipalities4.7° #248 BE · #1622 CH Solar potential13 GWh #203 BE · #1348 CH Solar potential per capita7'224 kWh #297 BE · #1636 CH Cheapest electricity34.05 Rp./kWh #326 BE · #2062 CH Most expensive electricity34.05 Rp./kWh #8 BE · #45 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Bellmund2564 Ipsach2563 Port2562

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bellmund?: Bellmund has 3 postal codes: 2562, 2563, 2564.
What is the tax rate in Bellmund?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bellmund is 130% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Bellmund?: A single person without children pays about 15'586 CHF income tax in Bellmund on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 11 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bellmund have?: Bellmund has 1'805 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bellmund?: Bellmund has 152 foreign residents, a share of 8.42% (2025).

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