What is the postal code of Bühl?

The postal code of Bühl is 3274.

What is the tax rate in Bühl?

The municipal tax multiplier of Bühl is 155% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Bühl?

A single person without children pays about 16'398 CHF income tax in Bühl on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 56 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Bühl have?

Bühl has 474 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bühl?

Bühl has 21 foreign residents, a share of 4.43% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Bühl

3274

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

241 50.8%

Men

233 49.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

81 17.1%

Swiss citizens

453 95.6%

Foreign residents

21 4.4%

Population density

160 pop./km²

0–19 · 81 · 17.1%20–64 · 284 · 59.9%65+ · 109 · 23.0%

Foreign residents 4.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −8 (−1.7%) · 4 births · 1 deaths · net migration −10

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 Bühl

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

19.6% YesNo 80.5%

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

26.3% YesNo 73.7%

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

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

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

61.4% YesNo 38.6%

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

59.6% YesNo 40.4%

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

40.9% YesNo 59.2%

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

52.7% YesNo 47.3%

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

21.0% YesNo 79.0%

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

47.3% YesNo 52.7%

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

42.1% YesNo 57.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP46.8% · strongest party

SVP46.8%

Mitte14.8%

GLP11.1%

SP9.3%

GRÜNE6.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier155%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

155%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 60 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'398 CHF(16.4%)

Rank 56 of 334 in the canton · 1502 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:16'398 CHF(~16.4%)

BühlCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bühl	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.6%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.4%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.8%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.9%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.6%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.6%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.3%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.3%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.2%	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 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'000 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

482 m

Mean elevation

448 m

Relief

42 m

Mean slope

2.4°

Flat share

84.3%

South-facing

2.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 42 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

7.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

9.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'600

Per inhabitant

15'232 kWh/yr

7 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 Bühl →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

2.03 %

Second homes

7.7 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

246

Built before 194629.7%

Built since 200126.4%

2.03 %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

Workplaces

Services share

57.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 27 (30.0%) · Secondary 11 (12.2%) · Tertiary 52 (57.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

237 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 65 min · Car 39 min

AgglomerationPT 25 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 155/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number734

Websitebuehl.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bühl ranks

Largest municipalities474 #277 BE · #1827 CH Growing municipalities-1.7% #295 BE · #1945 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.7% #40 BE · #164 CH Jobs per resident0.19 #301 BE · #1810 CH Families & children17.1% #284 BE · #1801 CH Age structure23% #182 BE · #665 CH Women share50.8% #110 BE · #495 CH Foreign residents4.4% #280 BE · #2036 CH Population density160/km² #143 BE · #1163 CH Tax burden16'398 #58 BE · #1504 CH Taxes155% #60 BE Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #13 BE · #306 CH Sunniest municipalities40.5% #279 BE · #1593 CH Rainiest municipalities1'000 mm #311 BE · #1615 CH Voter turnout54.4% #158 BE · #1301 CH SVP strongholds46.8% #121 BE · #326 CH SP strongholds9.3% #244 BE · #1587 CH Centre strongholds14.8% #11 BE · #839 CH FDP strongholds5.8% #169 BE · #1798 CH GLP strongholds11.1% #59 BE · #210 CH Green strongholds6.7% #166 BE · #1161 CH Largest by area3 km² #296 BE · #1866 CH Highest municipalities514 m #243 BE · #1149 CH Second homes7.7% #293 BE · #1677 CH Organic farming0% #311 BE · #1681 CH Best-connected municipalities65 min #175 BE · #929 CH Remotest municipalities65 min #155 BE · #1159 CH Highest peaks482 m #320 BE · #1935 CH Highest-lying municipalities448 m #314 BE · #1732 CH Greatest vertical range42 m #320 BE · #2057 CH Steepest municipalities2.4° #312 BE · #1965 CH Solar potential7 GWh #258 BE · #1735 CH Solar potential per capita15'232 kWh #88 BE · #399 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #138 BE · #632 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #225 BE · #1495 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3274

Bühl b. Aarberg

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Bühl b. Aarberg3274

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bühl?: The postal code of Bühl is 3274.
What is the tax rate in Bühl?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bühl is 155% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Bühl?: A single person without children pays about 16'398 CHF income tax in Bühl on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 56 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bühl have?: Bühl has 474 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bühl?: Bühl has 21 foreign residents, a share of 4.43% (2025).

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