What is the postal code of Brüttelen?

The postal code of Brüttelen is 3237.

What is the tax rate in Brüttelen?

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

How much tax do you pay in Brüttelen?

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

How many residents does Brüttelen have?

Brüttelen has 625 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Brüttelen?

Brüttelen has 139 foreign residents, a share of 22.24% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Brüttelen

3237

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

295 47.2%

Men

330 52.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

115 18.4%

Swiss citizens

486 77.8%

Foreign residents

139 22.2%

Population density

95 pop./km²

0–19 · 115 · 18.4%20–64 · 370 · 59.2%65+ · 140 · 22.4%

Foreign residents 22.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −16 (−2.5%) · 8 births · 2 deaths · net migration −27

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 Brüttelen

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 Seeland: 22.8% Yes

24.4% YesNo 75.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

32.3% YesNo 67.7%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

32.0% YesNo 68.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

67.8% YesNo 32.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

63.9% YesNo 36.1%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

34.0% YesNo 66.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

53.2% YesNo 46.8%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

21.5% YesNo 78.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

41.0% YesNo 59.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

40.8% YesNo 59.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP52.4% · strongest party

SVP52.4%

SP14.6%

GRÜNE10.4%

Mitte7.3%

GLP6.6%

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 285 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%)

BrüttelenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Brüttelen	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 1991–20209.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'006 mm

9.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

578 m

Mean elevation

475 m

Relief

143 m

Mean slope

5.5°

Flat share

60.4%

South-facing

16.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 143 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

11.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

14 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'500

Per inhabitant

18'064 kWh/yr

11 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 Brüttelen →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

3.55 %

Second homes

19.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

338

Built before 194648.5%

Built since 200110.1%

3.55 %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

317

Workplaces

Services share

54.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 125 (39.4%) · Secondary 20 (6.3%) · Tertiary 172 (54.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

5.9 %

Farmland

438 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 62 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 42 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 175/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number491

Websitebruettelen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Brüttelen ranks

Largest municipalities625 #243 BE · #1699 CH Growing municipalities-2.5% #314 BE · #2026 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.5% #21 BE · #81 CH Jobs per resident0.51 #81 BE · #503 CH Families & children18.4% #239 BE · #1589 CH Age structure22.4% #210 BE · #777 CH Women share47.2% #321 BE · #1981 CH Foreign residents22.2% #35 BE · #695 CH Population density95/km² #213 BE · #1503 CH Tax burden17'535 #282 BE · #2025 CH Taxes190% #285 BE Warmest municipalities9.9 °C #41 BE · #592 CH Sunniest municipalities41% #238 BE · #1401 CH Rainiest municipalities1'006 mm #309 BE · #1594 CH Voter turnout57.6% #79 BE · #868 CH SVP strongholds52.4% #84 BE · #181 CH SP strongholds14.6% #150 BE · #985 CH Centre strongholds7.3% #189 BE · #1526 CH FDP strongholds4.2% #228 BE · #1903 CH GLP strongholds6.6% #195 BE · #834 CH Green strongholds10.4% #57 BE · #503 CH Largest by area6.6 km² #204 BE · #1315 CH Highest municipalities449 m #299 BE · #1540 CH Second homes19.9% #45 BE · #334 CH Organic farming5.9% #236 BE · #1483 CH Best-connected municipalities62 min #157 BE · #843 CH Remotest municipalities62 min #175 BE · #1253 CH Highest peaks578 m #267 BE · #1624 CH Highest-lying municipalities475 m #279 BE · #1560 CH Greatest vertical range143 m #240 BE · #1625 CH Steepest municipalities5.5° #228 BE · #1464 CH Solar potential11 GWh #213 BE · #1460 CH Solar potential per capita18'064 kWh #51 BE · #254 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #70 BE · #564 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #157 BE · #1427 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3237

Brüttelen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Brüttelen3237

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Brüttelen?: The postal code of Brüttelen is 3237.
What is the tax rate in Brüttelen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Brüttelen is 190% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Brüttelen?: A single person without children pays about 17'535 CHF income tax in Brüttelen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 280 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Brüttelen have?: Brüttelen has 625 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Brüttelen?: Brüttelen has 139 foreign residents, a share of 22.24% (2025).

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