What is the postal code of Ersigen?

Ersigen has 5 postal codes: 3422, 3423, 3424, 3425, 3472.

What is the tax rate in Ersigen?

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

How much tax do you pay in Ersigen?

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

How many residents does Ersigen have?

Ersigen has 2'004 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ersigen?

Ersigen has 84 foreign residents, a share of 4.19% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Ersigen

3422–3472

BE CANTON3422 3423 3424 3425+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'007 50.2%

Men

997 49.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

401 20.0%

Swiss citizens

1'920 95.8%

Foreign residents

84 4.2%

Population density

130 pop./km²

0–19 · 401 · 20.0%20–64 · 1'137 · 56.7%65+ · 466 · 23.3%

Foreign residents 4.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −28 (−1.4%) · 17 births · 19 deaths · net migration −26

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 Ersigen

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 Emmental: 21.9% Yes

19.5% YesNo 80.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 31.8% Yes

31.0% YesNo 69.1%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 35.2% Yes

29.5% YesNo 70.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 56.4% Yes

61.3% YesNo 38.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 55.4% Yes

58.2% YesNo 41.8%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 37.8% Yes

36.6% YesNo 63.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 44.7% Yes

44.9% YesNo 55.1%

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 Emmental: 23.2% Yes

20.0% YesNo 80.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 40.4% Yes

40.6% YesNo 59.4%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 39.1% Yes

34.8% YesNo 65.2%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP45.6% · strongest party

SVP45.6%

SP14.6%

Mitte11.2%

GLP8.1%

GRÜNE5.6%

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 138 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%)

ErsigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ersigen	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 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'042 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

617 m

Mean elevation

519 m

Relief

138 m

Mean slope

4.1°

Flat share

70.4%

South-facing

7.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 138 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

28.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

36 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'400

Per inhabitant

14'361 kWh/yr

29 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 Ersigen →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

0.6 %

Second homes

9.6 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

995

Built before 194639.6%

Built since 200118.7%

0.6 %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

624

Workplaces

155

Services share

52.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 160 (25.6%) · Secondary 139 (22.3%) · Tertiary 325 (52.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

2.1 %

Farmland

968 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 67 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 17 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 144/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number405

Websiteersigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ersigen ranks

Largest municipalities2'004 #126 BE · #970 CH Growing municipalities-1.4% #288 BE · #1898 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.4% #47 BE · #211 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #202 BE · #1214 CH Families & children20% #131 BE · #1130 CH Age structure23.3% #165 BE · #608 CH Women share50.2% #163 BE · #783 CH Foreign residents4.2% #287 BE · #2044 CH Population density130/km² #176 BE · #1310 CH Tax burden16'886 #140 BE · #1792 CH Taxes170% #138 BE Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #96 BE · #1114 CH Sunniest municipalities40.9% #242 BE · #1437 CH Rainiest municipalities1'042 mm #269 BE · #1426 CH Voter turnout56.8% #96 BE · #971 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #118 BE · #912 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #83 BE · #510 CH SVP strongholds45.6% #130 BE · #368 CH SP strongholds14.6% #149 BE · #984 CH Centre strongholds11.2% #58 BE · #1092 CH FDP strongholds5% #199 BE · #1852 CH GLP strongholds8.1% #145 BE · #557 CH Green strongholds5.6% #207 BE · #1418 CH Largest by area15.5 km² #99 BE · #620 CH Highest municipalities544 m #219 BE · #1025 CH Second homes9.6% #235 BE · #1283 CH Organic farming2.1% #253 BE · #1588 CH Best-connected municipalities67 min #187 BE · #980 CH Remotest municipalities67 min #144 BE · #1107 CH Highest peaks617 m #232 BE · #1466 CH Highest-lying municipalities519 m #245 BE · #1346 CH Greatest vertical range138 m #248 BE · #1652 CH Steepest municipalities4.1° #260 BE · #1719 CH Solar potential29 GWh #96 BE · #709 CH Solar potential per capita14'361 kWh #116 BE · #490 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #58 BE · #552 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #145 BE · #1415 CH

Postal codes (5)

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Localities

swisstopo · 6

Ersigen3423 Kirchberg BE3422 Koppigen3425 Niederösch3424 Oberösch3424 Rumendingen3472

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ersigen?: Ersigen has 5 postal codes: 3422, 3423, 3424, 3425, 3472.
What is the tax rate in Ersigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ersigen is 170% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Ersigen?: A single person without children pays about 16'886 CHF income tax in Ersigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 138 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ersigen have?: Ersigen has 2'004 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ersigen?: Ersigen has 84 foreign residents, a share of 4.19% (2025).

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