What is the postal code of Forst-Längenbühl?

Forst-Längenbühl has 3 postal codes: 3636, 3663, 3665.

What is the tax rate in Forst-Längenbühl?

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

How much tax do you pay in Forst-Längenbühl?

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

How many residents does Forst-Längenbühl have?

Forst-Längenbühl has 769 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Forst-Längenbühl?

Forst-Längenbühl has 14 foreign residents, a share of 1.82% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Forst-Längenbühl

3636–3665

BE CANTON3636 3663 3665

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

392 51.0%

Men

377 49.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

173 22.5%

Swiss citizens

755 98.2%

Foreign residents

14 1.8%

Population density

171 pop./km²

0–19 · 173 · 22.5%20–64 · 438 · 57.0%65+ · 158 · 20.5%

Foreign residents 1.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −10 (−1.3%) · 8 births · 6 deaths · net migration −13

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 Forst-Längenbühl

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

23.2% YesNo 76.8%

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

36.9% YesNo 63.1%

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

30.0% YesNo 70.0%

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

61.2% YesNo 38.8%

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

61.1% YesNo 38.9%

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

31.4% YesNo 68.6%

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

41.0% YesNo 59.0%

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

20.0% YesNo 80.1%

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

47.1% YesNo 52.9%

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

46.3% YesNo 53.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP51.7% · strongest party

SVP51.7%

EDU8.9%

SP6.9%

Übrige6.3%

GRÜNE5.8%

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 139 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%)

Forst-LängenbühlCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Forst-Längenbühl	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 1991–20208.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'085 mm

8.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

752 m

Mean elevation

659 m

Relief

166 m

Mean slope

7.5°

Flat share

37.0%

South-facing

12.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 166 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

9.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

12.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'000

Per inhabitant

11'899 kWh/yr

9 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 Forst-Längenbühl →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 %

Second homes

14.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

403

Built before 194643.7%

Built since 200118.4%

0 %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

188

Workplaces

Services share

48.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 70 (37.2%) · Secondary 27 (14.4%) · Tertiary 91 (48.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

9.5 %

Farmland

446 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 65 min · Car 41 min

AgglomerationPT 30 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 161/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number948

Websiteforst-laengenbuehl.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Forst-Längenbühl ranks

Largest municipalities769 #224 BE · #1596 CH Growing municipalities-1.3% #285 BE · #1879 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.3% #50 BE · #227 CH Jobs per resident0.24 #270 BE · #1569 CH Families & children22.5% #33 BE · #415 CH Age structure20.5% #275 BE · #1141 CH Women share51% #87 BE · #385 CH Foreign residents1.8% #328 BE · #2100 CH Population density171/km² #136 BE · #1120 CH Tax burden16'886 #141 BE · #1793 CH Taxes170% #139 BE Warmest municipalities8.7 °C #197 BE · #1490 CH Sunniest municipalities44.7% #83 BE · #708 CH Rainiest municipalities1'085 mm #224 BE · #1184 CH Voter turnout60.7% #36 BE · #526 CH SVP strongholds51.7% #90 BE · #196 CH SP strongholds6.9% #281 BE · #1795 CH Centre strongholds5.4% #255 BE · #1751 CH FDP strongholds3.9% #250 BE · #1933 CH GLP strongholds5.6% #232 BE · #1049 CH Green strongholds5.8% #201 BE · #1374 CH Largest by area4.5 km² #249 BE · #1619 CH Highest municipalities652 m #143 BE · #686 CH Second homes14.3% #116 BE · #642 CH Organic farming9.5% #197 BE · #1260 CH Best-connected municipalities65 min #181 BE · #935 CH Remotest municipalities65 min #161 BE · #1165 CH Highest peaks752 m #195 BE · #1073 CH Highest-lying municipalities659 m #167 BE · #856 CH Greatest vertical range166 m #217 BE · #1508 CH Steepest municipalities7.5° #191 BE · #1159 CH Solar potential9 GWh #237 BE · #1608 CH Solar potential per capita11'899 kWh #181 BE · #769 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #200 BE · #694 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #287 BE · #1557 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Forst b. Längenbühl3636 Gurzelen3663 Längenbühl3636 Wattenwil3665

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Forst-Längenbühl?: Forst-Längenbühl has 3 postal codes: 3636, 3663, 3665.
What is the tax rate in Forst-Längenbühl?: The municipal tax multiplier of Forst-Längenbühl is 170% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Forst-Längenbühl?: A single person without children pays about 16'886 CHF income tax in Forst-Längenbühl on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 138 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Forst-Längenbühl have?: Forst-Längenbühl has 769 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Forst-Längenbühl?: Forst-Längenbühl has 14 foreign residents, a share of 1.82% (2025).

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