What is the postal code of Court?

Court has 2 postal codes: 2735, 2738.

What is the tax rate in Court?

The municipal tax multiplier of Court is 194% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Court?

A single person without children pays about 17'665 CHF income tax in Court on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 294 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Court have?

Court has 1'387 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Court?

Court has 153 foreign residents, a share of 11.03% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Court

2735–2738

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

688 49.6%

Men

699 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

297 21.4%

Swiss citizens

1'234 89.0%

Foreign residents

153 11.0%

Population density

56 pop./km²

0–19 · 297 · 21.4%20–64 · 757 · 54.6%65+ · 333 · 24.0%

Foreign residents 11.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +16 (+1.2%) · 14 births · 19 deaths · net migration +25

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 Court

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 26.2% Yes

21.0% YesNo 79.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 34.8% Yes

39.1% YesNo 60.9%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 40.6% Yes

34.4% YesNo 65.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 47.9% Yes

58.7% YesNo 41.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 48.1% Yes

60.4% YesNo 39.6%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 44.5% Yes

31.6% YesNo 68.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.5% Yes

44.3% YesNo 55.7%

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 28.9% Yes

20.9% YesNo 79.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 42.3% Yes

54.0% YesNo 46.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.0% Yes

58.7% YesNo 41.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP53.6% · strongest party

SVP53.6%

SP16.4%

FDP11.2%

EVP4.7%

GRÜNE4.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier194%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

194%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 300 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'665 CHF(17.7%)

Rank 294 of 334 in the canton · 2038 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:17'665 CHF(~17.7%)

CourtCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Court	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.4%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.8%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	15%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	21.1%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.8%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.3%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.7%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	28%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	29%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	30%	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 1991–20207.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'416 mm

7.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'395 m

Mean elevation

958 m

Relief

753 m

Mean slope

18.6°

Flat share

8.6%

South-facing

32.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 753 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

17.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

21.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'800

Per inhabitant

12'394 kWh/yr

17 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 Court →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

1.69 %

Second homes

11.3 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

712

Built before 194638.2%

Built since 20018.0%

1.69 %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

752

Workplaces

108

Services share

25.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 66 (8.8%) · Secondary 494 (65.7%) · Tertiary 192 (25.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

17.6 %

Farmland

506 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 104 min · Car 65 min

AgglomerationPT 56 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 28/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number690

Websitecourt.ch ↗

DistrictArrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Court ranks

Largest municipalities1'387 #160 BE · #1234 CH Growing municipalities1.2% #97 BE · #699 CH Shrinking municipalities1.2% #238 BE · #1408 CH Jobs per resident0.54 #65 BE · #439 CH Families & children21.4% #66 BE · #675 CH Age structure24% #143 BE · #514 CH Women share49.6% #232 BE · #1181 CH Foreign residents11% #140 BE · #1626 CH Population density56/km² #269 BE · #1745 CH Tax burden17'665 #295 BE · #2039 CH Taxes194% #300 BE Warmest municipalities7.9 °C #259 BE · #1713 CH Sunniest municipalities41% #239 BE · #1402 CH Rainiest municipalities1'416 mm #38 BE · #333 CH Voter turnout45.8% #308 BE · #2011 CH Against Switzerland26.5% #34 BE · #157 CH Aligned with Switzerland73.5% #166 BE · #1273 CH SVP strongholds53.6% #71 BE · #147 CH SP strongholds16.4% #118 BE · #797 CH Centre strongholds1.8% #320 BE · #2061 CH FDP strongholds11.2% #32 BE · #1245 CH GLP strongholds2.3% #311 BE · #1710 CH Green strongholds4.4% #267 BE · #1648 CH Largest by area24.6 km² #51 BE · #376 CH Highest municipalities725 m #113 BE · #552 CH Second homes11.3% #185 BE · #1009 CH Organic farming17.6% #88 BE · #741 CH Best-connected municipalities104 min #310 BE · #1763 CH Remotest municipalities104 min #28 BE · #338 CH Highest peaks1'395 m #69 BE · #501 CH Highest-lying municipalities958 m #77 BE · #453 CH Greatest vertical range753 m #70 BE · #524 CH Steepest municipalities18.6° #66 BE · #434 CH Solar potential17 GWh #169 BE · #1136 CH Solar potential per capita12'394 kWh #166 BE · #708 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #122 BE · #616 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #209 BE · #1479 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Champoz2735 Court2738

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Court?: Court has 2 postal codes: 2735, 2738.
What is the tax rate in Court?: The municipal tax multiplier of Court is 194% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Court?: A single person without children pays about 17'665 CHF income tax in Court on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 294 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Court have?: Court has 1'387 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Court?: Court has 153 foreign residents, a share of 11.03% (2025).

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