What is the postal code of Belprahon?

The postal code of Belprahon is 2744.

What is the tax rate in Belprahon?

The municipal tax multiplier of Belprahon is 193% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Belprahon?

A single person without children pays about 17'633 CHF income tax in Belprahon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 292 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Belprahon have?

Belprahon has 264 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Belprahon?

Belprahon has 22 foreign residents, a share of 8.33% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Belprahon

2744

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

126 47.7%

Men

138 52.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

30 11.4%

Swiss citizens

242 91.7%

Foreign residents

22 8.3%

Population density

69 pop./km²

0–19 · 30 · 11.4%20–64 · 145 · 54.9%65+ · 89 · 33.7%

Foreign residents 8.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −2 (−0.8%) · 0 births · 1 deaths · net migration −1

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 Belprahon

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 26.2% Yes

25.8% YesNo 74.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 34.8% Yes

31.9% YesNo 68.1%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 40.6% Yes

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 47.9% Yes

46.9% YesNo 53.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 48.1% Yes

50.8% YesNo 49.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 44.5% Yes

36.0% YesNo 64.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.5% Yes

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 28.9% Yes

25.8% YesNo 74.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 42.3% Yes

46.6% YesNo 53.4%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.0% Yes

48.4% YesNo 51.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.9% · strongest party

SVP39.9%

SP21.8%

FDP12.8%

GRÜNE8.2%

GLP6.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier193%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

193%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 293 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'633 CHF(17.6%)

Rank 292 of 334 in the canton · 2036 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:17'633 CHF(~17.6%)

BelprahonCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Belprahon	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.4%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.8%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.9%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.7%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.6%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.6%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	21%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.8%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.6%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.2%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.7%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.9%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	29%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.9%	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 1991–20208.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'375 mm

8.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'261 m

Mean elevation

889 m

Relief

719 m

Mean slope

17.9°

Flat share

5.8%

South-facing

62.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 719 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

4.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

900

Per inhabitant

15'909 kWh/yr

4 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 Belprahon →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

0.65 %

Second homes

17.1 %

Avg. rooms

4.4

Dwellings

155

Built before 194621.3%

Built since 20017.1%

0.65 %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

119

Workplaces

Services share

55.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 5 (4.2%) · Secondary 48 (40.3%) · Tertiary 66 (55.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

85 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 91 min · Car 62 min

AgglomerationPT 39 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 49/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number681

Websitebelprahon.ch ↗

DistrictArrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Belprahon ranks

Largest municipalities264 #302 BE · #1973 CH Growing municipalities-0.8% #258 BE · #1730 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.8% #76 BE · #376 CH Jobs per resident0.45 #108 BE · #658 CH Families & children11.4% #330 BE · #2076 CH Age structure33.7% #7 BE · #45 CH Women share47.7% #316 BE · #1917 CH Foreign residents8.3% #197 BE · #1835 CH Population density69/km² #248 BE · #1652 CH Tax burden17'633 #292 BE · #2036 CH Taxes193% #293 BE Warmest municipalities8.8 °C #185 BE · #1451 CH Sunniest municipalities41.2% #219 BE · #1310 CH Rainiest municipalities1'375 mm #56 BE · #390 CH Voter turnout58.1% #71 BE · #809 CH SVP strongholds39.9% #197 BE · #662 CH SP strongholds21.8% #35 BE · #336 CH Centre strongholds5.5% #248 BE · #1736 CH FDP strongholds12.8% #20 BE · #1051 CH GLP strongholds6.4% #204 BE · #874 CH Green strongholds8.2% #116 BE · #842 CH Largest by area3.8 km² #272 BE · #1747 CH Highest municipalities627 m #155 BE · #750 CH Second homes17.1% #77 BE · #442 CH Organic farming0% #303 BE · #1673 CH Best-connected municipalities91 min #284 BE · #1573 CH Remotest municipalities91 min #49 BE · #523 CH Highest peaks1'261 m #90 BE · #573 CH Highest-lying municipalities889 m #101 BE · #515 CH Greatest vertical range719 m #78 BE · #545 CH Steepest municipalities17.9° #72 BE · #455 CH Solar potential4 GWh #298 BE · #1973 CH Solar potential per capita15'909 kWh #78 BE · #366 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #119 BE · #613 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #206 BE · #1476 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2744

Belprahon

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Belprahon2744

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Belprahon?: The postal code of Belprahon is 2744.
What is the tax rate in Belprahon?: The municipal tax multiplier of Belprahon is 193% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Belprahon?: A single person without children pays about 17'633 CHF income tax in Belprahon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 292 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Belprahon have?: Belprahon has 264 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Belprahon?: Belprahon has 22 foreign residents, a share of 8.33% (2025).

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