What is the postal code of Farnern?

The postal code of Farnern is 4539.

What is the tax rate in Farnern?

The municipal tax multiplier of Farnern is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Farnern?

A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Farnern on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Farnern have?

Farnern has 224 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Farnern?

Farnern has 10 foreign residents, a share of 4.46% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Farnern

4539

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

121 54.0%

Men

103 46.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

39 17.4%

Swiss citizens

214 95.5%

Foreign residents

10 4.5%

Population density

61 pop./km²

0–19 · 39 · 17.4%20–64 · 131 · 58.5%65+ · 54 · 24.1%

Foreign residents 4.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −2 (−0.9%) · 1 births · 2 deaths · net migration −1

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 Farnern

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 Oberaargau: 22.2% Yes

18.1% YesNo 81.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.3% Yes

41.0% YesNo 59.1%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.1% Yes

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 58.5% Yes

61.2% YesNo 38.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 57.9% Yes

70.5% YesNo 29.5%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 34.8% Yes

20.5% YesNo 79.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 46.2% Yes

50.5% YesNo 49.5%

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 Oberaargau: 20.9% Yes

23.5% YesNo 76.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 42.2% Yes

39.4% YesNo 60.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 39.8% Yes

52.1% YesNo 47.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP59.1% · strongest party

SVP59.1%

SP18.0%

Mitte5.9%

GLP4.9%

FDP4.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier179%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

179%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 210 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'178 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 193 of 334 in the canton · 1902 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:17'178 CHF(~17.2%)

FarnernCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Farnern	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	17.2%	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	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 1991–20207.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'601 mm

7.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'185 m

Mean elevation

914 m

Relief

503 m

Mean slope

14.6°

Flat share

6.1%

South-facing

60.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 503 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

3.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

4.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

800

Per inhabitant

15'223 kWh/yr

3 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Farnern →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 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

2.14 %

Second homes

24.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

140

Built before 194635.0%

Built since 200110.0%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

2.14 %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

63.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 36 (63.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

37.5 %

Farmland

158 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 91 min · Car 49 min

AgglomerationPT 44 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 52/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number975

Websitefarnern.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Farnern ranks

Largest municipalities224 #314 BE · #2017 CH Growing municipalities-0.9% #263 BE · #1770 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.9% #72 BE · #335 CH Jobs per resident0.25 #261 BE · #1521 CH Families & children17.4% #278 BE · #1758 CH Age structure24.1% #140 BE · #502 CH Women share54% #3 BE · #15 CH Foreign residents4.5% #278 BE · #2033 CH Population density61/km² #260 BE · #1705 CH Tax burden17'178 #197 BE · #1906 CH Taxes179% #210 BE Warmest municipalities7.6 °C #280 BE · #1763 CH Sunniest municipalities40.6% #273 BE · #1557 CH Rainiest municipalities1'601 mm #11 BE · #174 CH Voter turnout55.7% #126 BE · #1120 CH SVP strongholds59.1% #36 BE · #60 CH SP strongholds18% #81 BE · #620 CH Centre strongholds5.9% #240 BE · #1695 CH FDP strongholds4.2% #234 BE · #1909 CH GLP strongholds4.9% #252 BE · #1214 CH Green strongholds2% #319 BE · #1956 CH Largest by area3.7 km² #276 BE · #1761 CH Highest municipalities925 m #54 BE · #314 CH Second homes24.5% #36 BE · #295 CH Organic farming37.5% #22 BE · #218 CH Best-connected municipalities91 min #287 BE · #1576 CH Remotest municipalities91 min #52 BE · #526 CH Highest peaks1'185 m #108 BE · #617 CH Highest-lying municipalities914 m #92 BE · #495 CH Greatest vertical range503 m #112 BE · #687 CH Steepest municipalities14.6° #95 BE · #599 CH Solar potential3 GWh #314 BE · #2028 CH Solar potential per capita15'223 kWh #91 BE · #403 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #208 BE · #702 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #295 BE · #1565 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4539

Farnern

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Farnern4539

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Farnern?: The postal code of Farnern is 4539.
What is the tax rate in Farnern?: The municipal tax multiplier of Farnern is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Farnern?: A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Farnern on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Farnern have?: Farnern has 224 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Farnern?: Farnern has 10 foreign residents, a share of 4.46% (2025).

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