What is the postal code of Büren an der Aare?

The postal code of Büren an der Aare is 3294.

What is the tax rate in Büren an der Aare?

The municipal tax multiplier of Büren an der Aare is 164% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Büren an der Aare?

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

How many residents does Büren an der Aare have?

Büren an der Aare has 3'779 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Büren an der Aare?

Büren an der Aare has 736 foreign residents, a share of 19.48% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Büren an der Aare

3294

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'918 50.8%

Men

1'861 49.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

789 20.9%

Swiss citizens

3'043 80.5%

Foreign residents

736 19.5%

Population density

300 pop./km²

0–19 · 789 · 20.9%20–64 · 2'156 · 57.1%65+ · 834 · 22.1%

Foreign residents 19.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −27 (−0.7%) · 27 births · 40 deaths · net migration −13

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 Büren an der Aare

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

20.5% YesNo 79.5%

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

28.9% YesNo 71.1%

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

32.5% YesNo 67.5%

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

56.2% YesNo 43.8%

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

52.7% YesNo 47.3%

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

39.2% YesNo 60.8%

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

22.7% YesNo 77.3%

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

40.2% YesNo 59.8%

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

38.7% YesNo 61.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.0% · strongest party

SVP39.0%

SP15.9%

Mitte10.5%

GLP9.9%

FDP7.8%

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 101 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%)

Büren an der AareCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Büren an der Aare	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 1991–20209.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'033 mm

9.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

596 m

Mean elevation

457 m

Relief

170 m

Mean slope

3.5°

Flat share

78.0%

South-facing

2.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 170 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

36.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

45.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'200

Per inhabitant

9'741 kWh/yr

37 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

36.08 Rp./kWh

Energy

14 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

17.33 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.8 Rp./kWh

36.08 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Energieversorgung Büren 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 Büren an der Aare →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

2.34 %

Second homes

11.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

1'922

Built before 194627.0%

Built since 200118.4%

2.34 %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

2'329

Workplaces

271

Services share

38.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 101 (4.3%) · Secondary 1'337 (57.4%) · Tertiary 891 (38.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

4.2 %

Farmland

610 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 47 min · Car 43 min

AgglomerationPT 18 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 260/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number383

Websitebueren.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Büren an der Aare ranks

Largest municipalities3'779 #66 BE · #591 CH Growing municipalities-0.7% #256 BE · #1719 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.7% #78 BE · #386 CH Jobs per resident0.62 #42 BE · #308 CH Families & children20.9% #88 BE · #835 CH Age structure22.1% #221 BE · #832 CH Women share50.8% #102 BE · #487 CH Foreign residents19.5% #57 BE · #909 CH Population density300/km² #84 BE · #781 CH Tax burden16'691 #102 BE · #1692 CH Taxes164% #101 BE Warmest municipalities9.9 °C #39 BE · #590 CH Sunniest municipalities40% #322 BE · #1862 CH Rainiest municipalities1'033 mm #293 BE · #1472 CH Voter turnout54.1% #166 BE · #1339 CH Against Switzerland8.8% #152 BE · #1268 CH Aligned with Switzerland91.2% #43 BE · #167 CH SVP strongholds39% #211 BE · #721 CH SP strongholds15.9% #125 BE · #843 CH Centre strongholds10.5% #79 BE · #1147 CH FDP strongholds7.8% #90 BE · #1609 CH GLP strongholds9.9% #99 BE · #329 CH Green strongholds5.7% #203 BE · #1396 CH Largest by area12.6 km² #128 BE · #763 CH Highest municipalities443 m #309 BE · #1589 CH Second homes11.7% #174 BE · #951 CH Organic farming4.2% #247 BE · #1550 CH Best-connected municipalities47 min #71 BE · #381 CH Remotest municipalities47 min #260 BE · #1716 CH Highest peaks596 m #250 BE · #1559 CH Highest-lying municipalities457 m #304 BE · #1678 CH Greatest vertical range170 m #214 BE · #1486 CH Steepest municipalities3.5° #281 BE · #1828 CH Solar potential37 GWh #73 BE · #530 CH Solar potential per capita9'741 kWh #237 BE · #1110 CH Cheapest electricity36.08 Rp./kWh #333 BE · #2092 CH Most expensive electricity36.08 Rp./kWh #1 BE · #15 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3294

Büren an der Aare

Localities

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Büren an der Aare3294

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Büren an der Aare?: The postal code of Büren an der Aare is 3294.
What is the tax rate in Büren an der Aare?: The municipal tax multiplier of Büren an der Aare is 164% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Büren an der Aare?: A single person without children pays about 16'691 CHF income tax in Büren an der Aare on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 99 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Büren an der Aare have?: Büren an der Aare has 3'779 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Büren an der Aare?: Büren an der Aare has 736 foreign residents, a share of 19.48% (2025).

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