What is the postal code of Epsach?

The postal code of Epsach is 3272.

What is the tax rate in Epsach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Epsach is 170% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Epsach?

A single person without children pays about 16'886 CHF income tax in Epsach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 138 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Epsach have?

Epsach has 375 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Epsach?

Epsach has 42 foreign residents, a share of 11.2% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Epsach

3272

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

188 50.1%

Men

187 49.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

67 17.9%

Swiss citizens

333 88.8%

Foreign residents

42 11.2%

Population density

110 pop./km²

0–19 · 67 · 17.9%20–64 · 220 · 58.7%65+ · 88 · 23.5%

Foreign residents 11.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +9 (+2.5%) · 4 births · 3 deaths · net migration +8

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 Epsach

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

14.3% YesNo 85.7%

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

36.0% YesNo 64.1%

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

27.9% YesNo 72.1%

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

64.7% YesNo 35.3%

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

63.8% YesNo 36.2%

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

27.2% YesNo 72.8%

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

45.5% YesNo 54.6%

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

13.5% YesNo 86.5%

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

45.9% YesNo 54.1%

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

38.3% YesNo 61.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP48.7% · strongest party

SVP48.7%

GLP10.9%

SP10.4%

EDU5.6%

FDP5.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier170%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

170%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 150 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'886 CHF(16.9%)

Rank 138 of 334 in the canton · 1790 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:16'886 CHF(~16.9%)

EpsachCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Epsach	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.9%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.8%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.2%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.3%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.1%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.9%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.9%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.6%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.4%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.2%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.9%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.3%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.7%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.9%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.9%	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'034 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

543 m

Mean elevation

478 m

Relief

105 m

Mean slope

3.9°

Flat share

67.7%

South-facing

26.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 105 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

4.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

6.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'100

Per inhabitant

12'880 kWh/yr

5 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 Epsach →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

0.59 %

Second homes

10.3 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

169

Built before 194645.6%

Built since 200122.5%

0.59 %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

37.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 52 (57.1%) · Secondary 5 (5.5%) · Tertiary 34 (37.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

260 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 69 min · Car 43 min

AgglomerationPT 29 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 136/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number735

Websiteepsach.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Epsach ranks

Largest municipalities375 #290 BE · #1905 CH Growing municipalities2.5% #24 BE · #241 CH Shrinking municipalities2.5% #311 BE · #1863 CH Jobs per resident0.24 #268 BE · #1567 CH Families & children17.9% #258 BE · #1680 CH Age structure23.5% #160 BE · #576 CH Women share50.1% #176 BE · #846 CH Foreign residents11.2% #138 BE · #1612 CH Population density110/km² #194 BE · #1415 CH Tax burden16'886 #139 BE · #1791 CH Taxes170% #150 BE Warmest municipalities10 °C #34 BE · #486 CH Sunniest municipalities40.5% #280 BE · #1594 CH Rainiest municipalities1'034 mm #292 BE · #1465 CH Voter turnout55.7% #125 BE · #1119 CH SVP strongholds48.7% #106 BE · #271 CH SP strongholds10.4% #231 BE · #1477 CH Centre strongholds4.7% #273 BE · #1819 CH FDP strongholds5.2% #193 BE · #1840 CH GLP strongholds10.9% #65 BE · #226 CH Green strongholds4.7% #253 BE · #1592 CH Largest by area3.4 km² #287 BE · #1805 CH Highest municipalities467 m #282 BE · #1404 CH Second homes10.3% #212 BE · #1145 CH Organic farming0% #312 BE · #1682 CH Best-connected municipalities69 min #199 BE · #1046 CH Remotest municipalities69 min #136 BE · #1048 CH Highest peaks543 m #291 BE · #1741 CH Highest-lying municipalities478 m #277 BE · #1544 CH Greatest vertical range105 m #277 BE · #1810 CH Steepest municipalities3.9° #270 BE · #1755 CH Solar potential5 GWh #289 BE · #1926 CH Solar potential per capita12'880 kWh #153 BE · #647 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #139 BE · #633 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #226 BE · #1496 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3272

Epsach

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Epsach3272

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Epsach?: The postal code of Epsach is 3272.
What is the tax rate in Epsach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Epsach is 170% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Epsach?: A single person without children pays about 16'886 CHF income tax in Epsach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 138 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Epsach have?: Epsach has 375 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Epsach?: Epsach has 42 foreign residents, a share of 11.2% (2025).

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