What is the postal code of Brienzwiler?

Brienzwiler has 2 postal codes: 3856, 3860.

What is the tax rate in Brienzwiler?

The municipal tax multiplier of Brienzwiler is 164% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Brienzwiler?

A single person without children pays about 16'691 CHF income tax in Brienzwiler on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 99 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Brienzwiler have?

Brienzwiler has 499 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Brienzwiler?

Brienzwiler has 75 foreign residents, a share of 15.03% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Brienzwiler

3856–3860

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

249 49.9%

Men

250 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

66 13.2%

Swiss citizens

424 85.0%

Foreign residents

75 15.0%

Population density

28 pop./km²

0–19 · 66 · 13.2%20–64 · 287 · 57.5%65+ · 146 · 29.3%

Foreign residents 15.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −15 (−2.9%) · 6 births · 11 deaths · net migration −12

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 Brienzwiler

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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 23.2% Yes

8.8% YesNo 91.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.0% Yes

46.9% YesNo 53.1%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 30.2% Yes

34.3% YesNo 65.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 59.9% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 54.6% Yes

65.7% YesNo 34.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.7% Yes

30.2% YesNo 69.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 46.8% Yes

40.9% YesNo 59.1%

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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 21.1% Yes

22.7% YesNo 77.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 41.5% Yes

39.6% YesNo 60.4%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 42.4% Yes

56.0% YesNo 44.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP47.1% · strongest party

SVP47.1%

GRÜNE11.0%

SP10.2%

Mitte8.8%

GLP7.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier164%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

164%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 106 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'691 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 99 of 334 in the canton · 1689 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:16'691 CHF(~16.7%)

BrienzwilerCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Brienzwiler	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.8%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.6%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.9%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.4%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.7%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.6%	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 1991–20208.7 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'351 mm

8.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'880 m

Mean elevation

1'600 m

Relief

2'307 m

Mean slope

29.6°

Flat share

2.8%

South-facing

32.6%

Above 2000 m

28.2%

Relief 2'307 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

8.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

11.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'800

Per inhabitant

16'533 kWh/yr

8 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

33.54 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.1 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

14.22 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

5 Rp./kWh

33.54 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Gemeinde Brienzwiler, Elekrizität

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 Brienzwiler →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

0.22 %

Second homes

41.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

460

Built before 194647.4%

Built since 20019.3%

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

0.22 %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

114

Workplaces

Services share

63.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 15 (13.2%) · Secondary 27 (23.7%) · Tertiary 72 (63.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

20 %

Farmland

47 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 131 min · Car 66 min

AgglomerationPT 55 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 6/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number574

Websitebrienzwiler.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Brienzwiler ranks

Largest municipalities499 #268 BE · #1807 CH Growing municipalities-2.9% #318 BE · #2048 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.9% #17 BE · #60 CH Jobs per resident0.23 #274 BE · #1622 CH Families & children13.2% #322 BE · #2044 CH Age structure29.3% #22 BE · #122 CH Women share49.9% #201 BE · #992 CH Foreign residents15% #91 BE · #1278 CH Population density28/km² #298 BE · #1910 CH Tax burden16'691 #100 BE · #1690 CH Taxes164% #106 BE Warmest municipalities8.7 °C #194 BE · #1487 CH Sunniest municipalities48.8% #7 BE · #278 CH Rainiest municipalities1'351 mm #67 BE · #424 CH Voter turnout55.7% #124 BE · #1118 CH SVP strongholds47.1% #118 BE · #319 CH SP strongholds10.2% #234 BE · #1504 CH Centre strongholds8.8% #138 BE · #1334 CH FDP strongholds2.1% #304 BE · #2019 CH GLP strongholds7.4% #172 BE · #673 CH Green strongholds11% #50 BE · #444 CH Largest by area17.6 km² #84 BE · #545 CH Highest municipalities1'102 m #28 BE · #203 CH Second homes41.6% #17 BE · #200 CH Organic farming20% #66 BE · #614 CH Best-connected municipalities131 min #329 BE · #1984 CH Remotest municipalities131 min #6 BE · #123 CH Highest peaks2'880 m #14 BE · #174 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'600 m #13 BE · #181 CH Greatest vertical range2'307 m #10 BE · #124 CH Steepest municipalities29.6° #14 BE · #101 CH Solar potential8 GWh #245 BE · #1678 CH Solar potential per capita16'533 kWh #70 BE · #329 CH Cheapest electricity33.54 Rp./kWh #323 BE · #2046 CH Most expensive electricity33.54 Rp./kWh #11 BE · #61 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Brienzwiler3856 Meiringen3860

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Meiringen

BE · 0.5 km

Hofstetten bei Brienz

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Brienzwiler?: Brienzwiler has 2 postal codes: 3856, 3860.
What is the tax rate in Brienzwiler?: The municipal tax multiplier of Brienzwiler is 164% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Brienzwiler?: A single person without children pays about 16'691 CHF income tax in Brienzwiler on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 99 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Brienzwiler have?: Brienzwiler has 499 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Brienzwiler?: Brienzwiler has 75 foreign residents, a share of 15.03% (2025).

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