What is the postal code of Boltigen?

Boltigen has 3 postal codes: 1657, 3766, 3770.

What is the tax rate in Boltigen?

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

How much tax do you pay in Boltigen?

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

How many residents does Boltigen have?

Boltigen has 1'258 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Boltigen?

Boltigen has 96 foreign residents, a share of 7.63% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen

Boltigen

1657–3770

BE CANTON1657 3766 3770

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

625 49.7%

Men

633 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

225 17.9%

Swiss citizens

1'162 92.4%

Foreign residents

96 7.6%

Population density

16 pop./km²

0–19 · 225 · 17.9%20–64 · 694 · 55.2%65+ · 339 · 26.9%

Foreign residents 7.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −14 (−1.1%) · 11 births · 19 deaths · net migration −4

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 Boltigen

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 Obersimmental-Saanen: 15.6% Yes

12.0% YesNo 88.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 46.1% Yes

59.3% YesNo 40.7%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 23.2% Yes

19.7% YesNo 80.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 64.4% Yes

70.8% YesNo 29.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 60.6% Yes

77.9% YesNo 22.1%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 27.8% Yes

16.5% YesNo 83.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 35.0% Yes

23.5% YesNo 76.6%

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 Obersimmental-Saanen: 15.7% Yes

14.0% YesNo 86.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 45.7% Yes

52.7% YesNo 47.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 48.4% Yes

60.2% YesNo 39.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP63.6% · strongest party

SVP63.6%

EDU10.4%

Mitte7.1%

Übrige4.1%

SP4.0%

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 290 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%)

BoltigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Boltigen	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 1991–20206.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'353 mm

6.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'230 m

Mean elevation

1'424 m

Relief

1'432 m

Mean slope

23.7°

Flat share

4.0%

South-facing

21.3%

Above 2000 m

2.0%

Relief 1'432 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

35.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

47.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'900

Per inhabitant

28'140 kWh/yr

35 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Boltigen →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 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

2.19 %

Second homes

34.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

867

Built before 194655.0%

Built since 20013.8%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

2.19 %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

430

Workplaces

167

Services share

33 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 200 (46.5%) · Secondary 88 (20.5%) · Tertiary 142 (33.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

32.9 %

Farmland

1'433 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 90 min · Car 59 min

AgglomerationPT 50 min · Car 36 min

Remoteness 56/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number791

Websiteboltigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Boltigen ranks

Largest municipalities1'258 #173 BE · #1289 CH Growing municipalities-1.1% #278 BE · #1836 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.1% #56 BE · #271 CH Jobs per resident0.34 #180 BE · #1081 CH Families & children17.9% #260 BE · #1682 CH Age structure26.9% #56 BE · #236 CH Women share49.7% #220 BE · #1109 CH Foreign residents7.6% #214 BE · #1889 CH Population density16/km² #323 BE · #2002 CH Tax burden17'535 #281 BE · #2024 CH Taxes190% #290 BE Warmest municipalities6.4 °C #321 BE · #1904 CH Sunniest municipalities48.3% #15 BE · #300 CH Rainiest municipalities1'353 mm #66 BE · #421 CH Voter turnout48.8% #283 BE · #1875 CH Against Switzerland35.3% #4 BE · #11 CH Aligned with Switzerland64.7% #196 BE · #1443 CH SVP strongholds63.6% #20 BE · #28 CH SP strongholds4% #314 BE · #1976 CH Centre strongholds7.1% #198 BE · #1555 CH FDP strongholds3.6% #262 BE · #1951 CH GLP strongholds3.4% #287 BE · #1501 CH Green strongholds2.8% #305 BE · #1889 CH Largest by area77.1 km² #11 BE · #100 CH Highest municipalities1'272 m #20 BE · #149 CH Second homes34.2% #24 BE · #238 CH Organic farming32.9% #28 BE · #308 CH Best-connected municipalities90 min #282 BE · #1559 CH Remotest municipalities90 min #56 BE · #543 CH Highest peaks2'230 m #31 BE · #295 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'424 m #27 BE · #224 CH Greatest vertical range1'432 m #44 BE · #356 CH Steepest municipalities23.7° #41 BE · #297 CH Solar potential35 GWh #76 BE · #554 CH Solar potential per capita28'140 kWh #9 BE · #59 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #160 BE · #654 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #247 BE · #1517 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Abländschen1657 Boltigen3766 Zweisimmen3770

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Boltigen?: Boltigen has 3 postal codes: 1657, 3766, 3770.
What is the tax rate in Boltigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Boltigen is 190% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Boltigen?: A single person without children pays about 17'535 CHF income tax in Boltigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 280 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Boltigen have?: Boltigen has 1'258 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Boltigen?: Boltigen has 96 foreign residents, a share of 7.63% (2025).

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