What is the postal code of Biglen?

The postal code of Biglen is 3507.

What is the tax rate in Biglen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Biglen is 190% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Biglen?

A single person without children pays about 17'535 CHF income tax in Biglen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 280 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Biglen have?

Biglen has 1'879 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Biglen?

Biglen has 162 foreign residents, a share of 8.62% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Biglen

3507

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

953 50.7%

Men

926 49.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

361 19.2%

Swiss citizens

1'717 91.4%

Foreign residents

162 8.6%

Population density

523 pop./km²

0–19 · 361 · 19.2%20–64 · 1'073 · 57.1%65+ · 445 · 23.7%

Foreign residents 8.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +23 (+1.2%) · 14 births · 14 deaths · net migration +21

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 Biglen

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 Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes

23.1% YesNo 76.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes

28.0% YesNo 72.1%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes

39.8% YesNo 60.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes

57.4% YesNo 42.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes

54.2% YesNo 45.8%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes

35.6% YesNo 64.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes

45.8% YesNo 54.2%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

22.0% YesNo 78.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes

37.4% YesNo 62.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes

36.4% YesNo 63.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.1% · strongest party

SVP39.1%

Mitte17.1%

SP14.3%

GLP6.9%

FDP5.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier190%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

190%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 284 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'535 CHF(17.5%)

Rank 280 of 334 in the canton · 2023 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:17'535 CHF(~17.5%)

BiglenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Biglen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.3%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.2%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.7%	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	16.5%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.5%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.1%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.9%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.1%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.5%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.8%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.9%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.8%	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 1991–20208.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'239 mm

8.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

899 m

Mean elevation

768 m

Relief

199 m

Mean slope

8.5°

Flat share

30.3%

South-facing

25.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 199 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

20.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

26.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'500

Per inhabitant

10'756 kWh/yr

20 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

29.29 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.8 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.11 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.65 Rp./kWh

29.29 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Einwohnergemeinde Biglen, Stromversorgung

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 Biglen →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

0.53 %

Second homes

9.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

948

Built before 194635.1%

Built since 200111.9%

0.53 %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

744

Workplaces

119

Services share

62.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 50 (6.7%) · Secondary 227 (30.5%) · Tertiary 467 (62.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

240 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 51 min · Car 32 min

AgglomerationPT 37 min · Car 31 min

Remoteness 234/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number603

Websitebiglen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Biglen ranks

Largest municipalities1'879 #129 BE · #1007 CH Growing municipalities1.2% #89 BE · #662 CH Shrinking municipalities1.2% #246 BE · #1443 CH Jobs per resident0.4 #134 BE · #839 CH Families & children19.2% #202 BE · #1381 CH Age structure23.7% #152 BE · #552 CH Women share50.7% #119 BE · #530 CH Foreign residents8.6% #190 BE · #1818 CH Population density523/km² #54 BE · #486 CH Tax burden17'535 #280 BE · #2023 CH Taxes190% #284 BE Warmest municipalities8.2 °C #233 BE · #1655 CH Sunniest municipalities43.2% #129 BE · #977 CH Rainiest municipalities1'239 mm #114 BE · #606 CH Voter turnout54.9% #140 BE · #1215 CH Against Switzerland6% #178 BE · #1382 CH Aligned with Switzerland94% #23 BE · #75 CH SVP strongholds39.1% #210 BE · #711 CH SP strongholds14.3% #154 BE · #1015 CH Centre strongholds17.1% #3 BE · #689 CH FDP strongholds5.3% #185 BE · #1828 CH GLP strongholds6.9% #185 BE · #772 CH Green strongholds4.2% #274 BE · #1695 CH Largest by area3.6 km² #280 BE · #1779 CH Highest municipalities739 m #106 BE · #522 CH Second homes9.6% #234 BE · #1282 CH Organic farming0% #296 BE · #1666 CH Best-connected municipalities51 min #97 BE · #496 CH Remotest municipalities51 min #234 BE · #1605 CH Highest peaks899 m #161 BE · #832 CH Highest-lying municipalities768 m #134 BE · #648 CH Greatest vertical range199 m #204 BE · #1372 CH Steepest municipalities8.5° #172 BE · #1061 CH Solar potential20 GWh #144 BE · #1009 CH Solar potential per capita10'756 kWh #214 BE · #947 CH Cheapest electricity29.29 Rp./kWh #279 BE · #1676 CH Most expensive electricity29.29 Rp./kWh #55 BE · #431 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3507

Biglen

Localities

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Biglen3507

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Biglen?: The postal code of Biglen is 3507.
What is the tax rate in Biglen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Biglen is 190% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Biglen?: A single person without children pays about 17'535 CHF income tax in Biglen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 280 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Biglen have?: Biglen has 1'879 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Biglen?: Biglen has 162 foreign residents, a share of 8.62% (2025).

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