What is the postal code of Ferenbalm?

Ferenbalm has 4 postal codes: 3177, 3205, 3206, 3207.

What is the tax rate in Ferenbalm?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ferenbalm is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Ferenbalm?

A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Ferenbalm on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ferenbalm have?

Ferenbalm has 1'278 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ferenbalm?

Ferenbalm has 159 foreign residents, a share of 12.44% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Ferenbalm

3177–3207

BE CANTON3177 3205 3206 3207

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

653 51.1%

Men

625 48.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

236 18.5%

Swiss citizens

1'119 87.6%

Foreign residents

159 12.4%

Population density

140 pop./km²

0–19 · 236 · 18.5%20–64 · 726 · 56.8%65+ · 316 · 24.7%

Foreign residents 12.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +25 (+2%) · 7 births · 11 deaths · net migration +31

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 Ferenbalm

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 Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes

23.8% YesNo 76.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes

38.2% YesNo 61.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes

26.6% YesNo 73.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes

60.6% YesNo 39.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes

60.9% YesNo 39.1%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes

36.4% YesNo 63.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes

46.6% YesNo 53.5%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

19.7% YesNo 80.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes

44.9% YesNo 55.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes

41.7% YesNo 58.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP45.0% · strongest party

SVP45.0%

SP12.5%

Mitte10.0%

GRÜNE8.6%

GLP7.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

175%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 180 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'048 CHF(17%)

Rank 167 of 334 in the canton · 1863 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:17'048 CHF(~17%)

FerenbalmCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ferenbalm	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.1%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	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 1991–20209.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020975 mm

9.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

550 m

Mean elevation

500 m

Relief

95 m

Mean slope

4.2°

Flat share

72.2%

South-facing

4.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 95 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

19.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

25.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'300

Per inhabitant

15'211 kWh/yr

19 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 Ferenbalm →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

3.55 %

Second homes

9.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

619

Built before 194640.7%

Built since 20017.1%

3.55 %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

391

Workplaces

Services share

39.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 80 (20.5%) · Secondary 155 (39.6%) · Tertiary 156 (39.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

11.1 %

Farmland

614 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 33 min · Car 25 min

AgglomerationPT 30 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 316/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number662

Websiteferenbalm.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ferenbalm ranks

Largest municipalities1'278 #169 BE · #1279 CH Growing municipalities2% #39 BE · #348 CH Shrinking municipalities2% #296 BE · #1761 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #206 BE · #1218 CH Families & children18.5% #235 BE · #1571 CH Age structure24.7% #113 BE · #429 CH Women share51.1% #79 BE · #343 CH Foreign residents12.4% #127 BE · #1502 CH Population density140/km² #165 BE · #1265 CH Tax burden17'048 #173 BE · #1869 CH Taxes175% #180 BE Warmest municipalities9.9 °C #42 BE · #593 CH Sunniest municipalities42.3% #157 BE · #1072 CH Rainiest municipalities975 mm #326 BE · #1734 CH Voter turnout55.4% #131 BE · #1154 CH Against Switzerland20.6% #75 BE · #458 CH Aligned with Switzerland79.4% #129 BE · #948 CH SVP strongholds45% #141 BE · #401 CH SP strongholds12.5% #183 BE · #1220 CH Centre strongholds10% #96 BE · #1197 CH FDP strongholds6.2% #156 BE · #1767 CH GLP strongholds7% #182 BE · #747 CH Green strongholds8.6% #104 BE · #779 CH Largest by area9.1 km² #162 BE · #1035 CH Highest municipalities513 m #244 BE · #1150 CH Second homes9.5% #239 BE · #1304 CH Organic farming11.1% #164 BE · #1129 CH Best-connected municipalities33 min #19 BE · #124 CH Remotest municipalities33 min #316 BE · #1986 CH Highest peaks550 m #285 BE · #1713 CH Highest-lying municipalities500 m #259 BE · #1425 CH Greatest vertical range95 m #280 BE · #1851 CH Steepest municipalities4.2° #257 BE · #1709 CH Solar potential19 GWh #149 BE · #1038 CH Solar potential per capita15'211 kWh #92 BE · #404 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #113 BE · #607 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #200 BE · #1470 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 7

Biberen3206 Ferenbalm3206 Gammen3206 Gümmenen3205 Laupen BE3177 Rizenbach3206 Wileroltigen3207

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ferenbalm?: Ferenbalm has 4 postal codes: 3177, 3205, 3206, 3207.
What is the tax rate in Ferenbalm?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ferenbalm is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Ferenbalm?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Ferenbalm on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ferenbalm have?: Ferenbalm has 1'278 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ferenbalm?: Ferenbalm has 159 foreign residents, a share of 12.44% (2025).

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