What is the postal code of Bettlach?

The postal code of Bettlach is 2544.

What is the tax rate in Bettlach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Bettlach is 99% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.

How much tax do you pay in Bettlach?

A single person without children pays about 15'285 CHF income tax in Bettlach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 6 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Bettlach have?

Bettlach has 4'935 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bettlach?

Bettlach has 1'015 foreign residents, a share of 20.57% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SO · Bezirk Lebern

Bettlach

2544

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'413 48.9%

Men

2'522 51.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

861 17.4%

Swiss citizens

3'920 79.4%

Foreign residents

1'015 20.6%

Population density

405 pop./km²

0–19 · 861 · 17.4%20–64 · 2'825 · 57.2%65+ · 1'249 · 25.3%

Foreign residents 20.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −52 (−1%) · 24 births · 39 deaths · net migration −32

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 Bettlach

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 Bezirk Lebern: 24.2% Yes

20.9% YesNo 79.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Lebern: 25.8% Yes

28.5% YesNo 71.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Lebern: 56.1% Yes

61.7% YesNo 38.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Lebern: 51.8% Yes

57.5% YesNo 42.5%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung des KantonsratsgesetzesCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Lebern: 58.3% Yes

55.5% YesNo 44.5%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung der KantonsverfassungCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Lebern: 58.3% Yes

55.5% YesNo 44.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Lebern: 55.1% Yes

53.8% YesNo 46.2%

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 Bezirk Lebern: 23.1% Yes

19.0% YesNo 81.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Lebern: 40.7% Yes

44.4% YesNo 55.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Lebern: 38.2% Yes

39.6% YesNo 60.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP32.1% · strongest party

SVP32.1%

FDP27.8%

Mitte14.8%

SP13.0%

GLP5.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier99%

Cantonal tax multiplier104%

99%SO range 65%145%

Tax rank 7 of 104 in canton Solothurn

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'285 CHF(15.3%)

Rank 6 of 104 in the canton · 1047 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'810 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Kammersrohr 13'027 CHF · most expensive Bolken 18'375 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:15'285 CHF(~15.3%)

BettlachCanton range SolothurnSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bettlach	Solothurn	Switzerland median
40'000	7.2%	6.1–8.8%	5.4%
50'000	9.3%	7.9–11.4%	7.8%
60'000	11.1%	9.4–13.5%	10.5%
70'000	12.4%	10.5–15.1%	11.9%
80'000	13.5%	11.5–16.3%	13.1%
90'000	14.3%	12.2–17.3%	14.1%
100'000	15.3%	13–18.4%	15.3%
110'000	16.1%	13.8–19.3%	16.3%
120'000	16.8%	14.4–20.1%	17.2%
130'000	17.5%	15.1–20.9%	18.1%
140'000	18.3%	15.7–21.8%	19%
150'000	19%	16.4–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	20.6%	17.8–24.3%	21.6%
200'000	21.9%	19.1–25.8%	23.2%
225'000	23.1%	20.1–27%	24.6%
250'000	24.1%	21.1–28.2%	25.8%
275'000	24.9%	21.9–29.1%	26.8%
300'000	25.6%	22.5–29.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'203 mm

9.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'393 m

Mean elevation

691 m

Relief

967 m

Mean slope

12.4°

Flat share

32.3%

South-facing

50.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 967 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

36.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

48.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'100

Per inhabitant

7'384 kWh/yr

36 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

25.19 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.4 Rp./kWh

25.19 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 28.51 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

Standard model, deductible 300606 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Solothurn424 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Bettlach →Canton Solothurn →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Solothurn (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

4.21 %

Second homes

9.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'568

Built before 194614.4%

Built since 200115.4%

4.21 %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

2'072

Workplaces

250

Services share

41.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 54 (2.6%) · Secondary 1'158 (55.9%) · Tertiary 860 (41.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

5.6 %

Farmland

497 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 76 min · Car 55 min

AgglomerationPT 12 min · Car 8 min

Remoteness 19/104 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2543

Websitebettlach.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Lebern

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bettlach ranks

Largest municipalities4'935 #17 SO · #443 CH Growing municipalities-1% #88 SO · #1820 CH Shrinking municipalities-1% #17 SO · #289 CH Jobs per resident0.42 #31 SO · #764 CH Families & children17.4% #92 SO · #1763 CH Age structure25.3% #23 SO · #369 CH Women share48.9% #74 SO · #1561 CH Foreign residents20.6% #31 SO · #812 CH Population density405/km² #41 SO · #607 CH Tax burden15'285 #6 SO · #1047 CH Taxes99% #7 SO Warmest municipalities9.6 °C #31 SO · #881 CH Sunniest municipalities40.4% #52 SO · #1645 CH Rainiest municipalities1'203 mm #19 SO · #686 CH Voter turnout49.1% #88 SO · #1847 CH Against Switzerland13.7% #33 SO · #1004 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.3% #43 SO · #460 CH SVP strongholds32.1% #53 SO · #1147 CH SP strongholds13% #57 SO · #1165 CH Centre strongholds14.8% #74 SO · #841 CH FDP strongholds27.8% #9 SO · #142 CH GLP strongholds5.5% #55 SO · #1084 CH Green strongholds4.3% #87 SO · #1676 CH Largest by area12.2 km² #16 SO · #797 CH Highest municipalities479 m #51 SO · #1324 CH Second homes9.2% #57 SO · #1361 CH Organic farming5.6% #67 SO · #1505 CH Best-connected municipalities76 min #86 SO · #1260 CH Remotest municipalities76 min #19 SO · #857 CH Highest peaks1'393 m #4 SO · #504 CH Highest-lying municipalities691 m #20 SO · #782 CH Greatest vertical range967 m #3 SO · #452 CH Steepest municipalities12.4° #37 SO · #736 CH Solar potential36 GWh #21 SO · #536 CH Solar potential per capita7'384 kWh #82 SO · #1604 CH Cheapest electricity25.19 Rp./kWh #12 SO · #470 CH Most expensive electricity25.19 Rp./kWh #93 SO · #1638 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2544

Bettlach

Localities

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Bettlach2544

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bettlach?: The postal code of Bettlach is 2544.
What is the tax rate in Bettlach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bettlach is 99% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.
How much tax do you pay in Bettlach?: A single person without children pays about 15'285 CHF income tax in Bettlach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 6 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bettlach have?: Bettlach has 4'935 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bettlach?: Bettlach has 1'015 foreign residents, a share of 20.57% (2025).

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