What is the postal code of Fahrni?

Fahrni has 2 postal codes: 3612, 3617.

What is the tax rate in Fahrni?

The municipal tax multiplier of Fahrni is 178% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Fahrni?

A single person without children pays about 17'146 CHF income tax in Fahrni on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 190 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Fahrni have?

Fahrni has 788 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Fahrni?

Fahrni has 25 foreign residents, a share of 3.17% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Fahrni

3612–3617

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

395 50.1%

Men

393 49.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

158 20.1%

Swiss citizens

763 96.8%

Foreign residents

25 3.2%

Population density

118 pop./km²

0–19 · 158 · 20.1%20–64 · 445 · 56.5%65+ · 185 · 23.5%

Foreign residents 3.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −12 (−1.5%) · 5 births · 6 deaths · net migration −7

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 Fahrni

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 Thun: 27.2% Yes

16.1% YesNo 84.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 31.4% Yes

40.7% YesNo 59.3%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 36.3% Yes

27.2% YesNo 72.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 56.1% Yes

62.6% YesNo 37.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 50.8% Yes

66.0% YesNo 34.0%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 41.4% Yes

21.9% YesNo 78.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 47.4% Yes

30.5% YesNo 69.6%

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 Thun: 25.2% Yes

13.0% YesNo 87.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.9% Yes

44.2% YesNo 55.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.0% Yes

50.2% YesNo 49.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP54.6% · strongest party

SVP54.6%

SP8.4%

GLP8.0%

GRÜNE8.0%

EDU7.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier178%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

178%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 191 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'146 CHF(17.1%)

Rank 190 of 334 in the canton · 1897 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:17'146 CHF(~17.1%)

FahrniCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Fahrni	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.5%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.3%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.1%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.5%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.2%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.3%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.2%	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 1991–20208 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'194 mm

8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

911 m

Mean elevation

791 m

Relief

310 m

Mean slope

13.3°

Flat share

12.1%

South-facing

34.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 310 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

11.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

15 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'500

Per inhabitant

14'404 kWh/yr

11 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 Fahrni →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

0.25 %

Second homes

10.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

394

Built before 194643.7%

Built since 200118.5%

0.25 %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

230

Workplaces

Services share

44.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 98 (42.6%) · Secondary 29 (12.6%) · Tertiary 103 (44.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

16.7 %

Farmland

531 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 59 min · Car 39 min

AgglomerationPT 25 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 199/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number925

Websitegemeinde-fahrni.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Fahrni ranks

Largest municipalities788 #221 BE · #1585 CH Growing municipalities-1.5% #290 BE · #1917 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.5% #45 BE · #192 CH Jobs per resident0.29 #223 BE · #1321 CH Families & children20.1% #129 BE · #1106 CH Age structure23.5% #162 BE · #578 CH Women share50.1% #181 BE · #851 CH Foreign residents3.2% #303 BE · #2069 CH Population density118/km² #190 BE · #1377 CH Tax burden17'146 #191 BE · #1898 CH Taxes178% #191 BE Warmest municipalities8 °C #255 BE · #1701 CH Sunniest municipalities45.3% #65 BE · #622 CH Rainiest municipalities1'194 mm #143 BE · #705 CH Voter turnout56.8% #97 BE · #972 CH SVP strongholds54.6% #59 BE · #121 CH SP strongholds8.4% #257 BE · #1664 CH Centre strongholds4.1% #287 BE · #1896 CH FDP strongholds2.5% #297 BE · #2004 CH GLP strongholds8% #153 BE · #577 CH Green strongholds8% #118 BE · #874 CH Largest by area6.7 km² #202 BE · #1302 CH Highest municipalities850 m #68 BE · #367 CH Second homes10.5% #207 BE · #1122 CH Organic farming16.7% #103 BE · #773 CH Best-connected municipalities59 min #140 BE · #739 CH Remotest municipalities59 min #199 BE · #1362 CH Highest peaks911 m #160 BE · #814 CH Highest-lying municipalities791 m #127 BE · #623 CH Greatest vertical range310 m #161 BE · #973 CH Steepest municipalities13.3° #114 BE · #674 CH Solar potential11 GWh #212 BE · #1454 CH Solar potential per capita14'404 kWh #113 BE · #484 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #189 BE · #683 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #276 BE · #1546 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Fahrni b. Thun3617 Steffisburg3612 3613

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Fahrni?: Fahrni has 2 postal codes: 3612, 3617.
What is the tax rate in Fahrni?: The municipal tax multiplier of Fahrni is 178% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Fahrni?: A single person without children pays about 17'146 CHF income tax in Fahrni on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 190 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Fahrni have?: Fahrni has 788 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Fahrni?: Fahrni has 25 foreign residents, a share of 3.17% (2025).

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