What is the postal code of Frutigen?

Frutigen has 6 postal codes: 3713, 3714, 3715, 3716, 3724, 3725.

What is the tax rate in Frutigen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Frutigen is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Frutigen?

A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Frutigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Frutigen have?

Frutigen has 7'136 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Frutigen?

Frutigen has 719 foreign residents, a share of 10.08% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Frutigen

3713–3725

BE CANTON3713 3714 3715 3716+2 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'622 50.8%

Men

3'514 49.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'566 21.9%

Swiss citizens

6'417 89.9%

Foreign residents

719 10.1%

Population density

99 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'566 · 21.9%20–64 · 3'960 · 55.5%65+ · 1'610 · 22.6%

Foreign residents 10.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +36 (+0.5%) · 56 births · 59 deaths · net migration +36

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 Frutigen

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 20.3% Yes

15.2% YesNo 84.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 42.4% Yes

47.9% YesNo 52.1%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 28.9% Yes

25.8% YesNo 74.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.4% Yes

63.4% YesNo 36.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.1% Yes

67.1% YesNo 32.9%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 31.7% Yes

25.2% YesNo 74.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 38.4% Yes

31.9% YesNo 68.1%

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 19.0% Yes

15.3% YesNo 84.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 48.0% Yes

54.0% YesNo 46.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 46.6% Yes

51.9% YesNo 48.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP41.3% · strongest party

SVP41.3%

EDU17.2%

GLP10.9%

EVP8.6%

SP7.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier185%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

185%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 256 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'373 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 245 of 334 in the canton · 1980 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:17'373 CHF(~17.4%)

FrutigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Frutigen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.6%	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 1991–20207.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'198 mm

7.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'593 m

Mean elevation

1'469 m

Relief

1'842 m

Mean slope

26.3°

Flat share

4.9%

South-facing

21.8%

Above 2000 m

15.0%

Relief 1'842 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

81.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

108.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

18'100

Per inhabitant

11'438 kWh/yr

82 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 Frutigen →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

0.47 %

Second homes

19.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

4'033

Built before 194636.5%

Built since 200114.5%

0.47 %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

4'650

Workplaces

647

Services share

56.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 540 (11.6%) · Secondary 1'475 (31.7%) · Tertiary 2'635 (56.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

180

Organic share

11.1 %

Farmland

2'702 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 86 min · Car 52 min

AgglomerationPT 46 min · Car 27 min

Remoteness 63/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number563

Websitefrutigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Frutigen ranks

Largest municipalities7'136 #23 BE · #272 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #148 BE · #1095 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #188 BE · #1011 CH Jobs per resident0.65 #36 BE · #269 CH Families & children21.9% #48 BE · #557 CH Age structure22.6% #198 BE · #740 CH Women share50.8% #107 BE · #492 CH Foreign residents10.1% #153 BE · #1690 CH Population density99/km² #205 BE · #1477 CH Tax burden17'373 #250 BE · #1985 CH Taxes185% #256 BE Warmest municipalities7.2 °C #303 BE · #1824 CH Sunniest municipalities47.6% #23 BE · #353 CH Rainiest municipalities1'198 mm #139 BE · #696 CH Voter turnout55.5% #129 BE · #1142 CH Against Switzerland30.4% #17 BE · #54 CH Aligned with Switzerland69.6% #182 BE · #1390 CH SVP strongholds41.3% #188 BE · #600 CH SP strongholds7.6% #266 BE · #1735 CH Centre strongholds4.6% #275 BE · #1832 CH FDP strongholds3.7% #254 BE · #1939 CH GLP strongholds10.9% #63 BE · #224 CH Green strongholds2.9% #301 BE · #1877 CH Largest by area72.3 km² #13 BE · #108 CH Highest municipalities918 m #56 BE · #318 CH Second homes19.2% #51 BE · #353 CH Organic farming11.1% #162 BE · #1127 CH Best-connected municipalities86 min #271 BE · #1470 CH Remotest municipalities86 min #63 BE · #621 CH Highest peaks2'593 m #21 BE · #223 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'469 m #24 BE · #209 CH Greatest vertical range1'842 m #20 BE · #243 CH Steepest municipalities26.3° #27 BE · #216 CH Solar potential82 GWh #17 BE · #136 CH Solar potential per capita11'438 kWh #198 BE · #838 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #83 BE · #577 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #170 BE · #1440 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

3713

Reichenbach im Kandertal

Localities

swisstopo · 6

Achseten3725 Adelboden3715 Frutigen3714 Kandergrund3716 Reichenbach im Kandertal3713 Ried (Frutigen)3724

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Kandergrund

BE · 4.5 km

Reichenbach im Kandertal

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Frutigen?: Frutigen has 6 postal codes: 3713, 3714, 3715, 3716, 3724, 3725.
What is the tax rate in Frutigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Frutigen is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Frutigen?: A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Frutigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Frutigen have?: Frutigen has 7'136 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Frutigen?: Frutigen has 719 foreign residents, a share of 10.08% (2025).

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