What is the postal code of Dotzigen?

Dotzigen has 2 postal codes: 3293, 3294.

What is the tax rate in Dotzigen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Dotzigen is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Dotzigen?

A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Dotzigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Dotzigen have?

Dotzigen has 1'587 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Dotzigen?

Dotzigen has 174 foreign residents, a share of 10.96% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Dotzigen

3293–3294

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

790 49.8%

Men

797 50.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

365 23.0%

Swiss citizens

1'413 89.0%

Foreign residents

174 11.0%

Population density

375 pop./km²

0–19 · 365 · 23.0%20–64 · 841 · 53.0%65+ · 381 · 24.0%

Foreign residents 11.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +7 (+0.4%) · 11 births · 11 deaths · net migration +3

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 Dotzigen

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

27.9% YesNo 72.1%

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

32.6% YesNo 67.4%

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

35.3% YesNo 64.8%

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

53.8% YesNo 46.3%

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

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

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

34.9% YesNo 65.1%

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

52.1% YesNo 47.9%

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

24.0% YesNo 76.0%

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

40.0% YesNo 60.0%

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

59.3% YesNo 40.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP36.4% · strongest party

SVP36.4%

SP17.0%

Mitte10.6%

GLP9.6%

GRÜNE9.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier185%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

185%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 252 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'373 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 245 of 334 in the canton · 1980 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:17'373 CHF(~17.4%)

DotzigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Dotzigen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.6%	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 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'056 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

572 m

Mean elevation

449 m

Relief

146 m

Mean slope

4.7°

Flat share

73.7%

South-facing

13.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 146 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

16.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

21.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'700

Per inhabitant

10'555 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 Dotzigen →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

1.77 %

Second homes

9 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

734

Built before 194624.5%

Built since 200120.3%

1.77 %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

831

Workplaces

Services share

89.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 25 (3.0%) · Secondary 60 (7.2%) · Tertiary 746 (89.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

201 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 44 min · Car 42 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 276/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number386

Websitedotzigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Dotzigen ranks

Largest municipalities1'587 #144 BE · #1128 CH Growing municipalities0.4% #158 BE · #1139 CH Shrinking municipalities0.4% #179 BE · #969 CH Jobs per resident0.52 #74 BE · #483 CH Families & children23% #23 BE · #299 CH Age structure24% #141 BE · #512 CH Women share49.8% #209 BE · #1056 CH Foreign residents11% #142 BE · #1634 CH Population density375/km² #71 BE · #651 CH Tax burden17'373 #248 BE · #1983 CH Taxes185% #252 BE Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #67 BE · #949 CH Sunniest municipalities40.2% #304 BE · #1710 CH Rainiest municipalities1'056 mm #251 BE · #1344 CH Voter turnout52.6% #207 BE · #1511 CH Against Switzerland13.7% #124 BE · #980 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.3% #74 BE · #436 CH SVP strongholds36.4% #239 BE · #876 CH SP strongholds17% #102 BE · #732 CH Centre strongholds10.6% #78 BE · #1143 CH FDP strongholds6.5% #143 BE · #1744 CH GLP strongholds9.6% #109 BE · #367 CH Green strongholds9% #90 BE · #701 CH Largest by area4.2 km² #257 BE · #1672 CH Highest municipalities435 m #326 BE · #1658 CH Second homes9% #256 BE · #1404 CH Organic farming0% #266 BE · #1636 CH Best-connected municipalities44 min #56 BE · #313 CH Remotest municipalities44 min #276 BE · #1792 CH Highest peaks572 m #272 BE · #1641 CH Highest-lying municipalities449 m #312 BE · #1726 CH Greatest vertical range146 m #238 BE · #1606 CH Steepest municipalities4.7° #247 BE · #1621 CH Solar potential17 GWh #174 BE · #1160 CH Solar potential per capita10'555 kWh #215 BE · #974 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #54 BE · #548 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #141 BE · #1411 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Büren an der Aare3294 Dotzigen3293

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Dotzigen?: Dotzigen has 2 postal codes: 3293, 3294.
What is the tax rate in Dotzigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Dotzigen is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Dotzigen?: A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Dotzigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Dotzigen have?: Dotzigen has 1'587 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Dotzigen?: Dotzigen has 174 foreign residents, a share of 10.96% (2025).

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