What is the postal code of Grandval?

The postal code of Grandval is 2745.

What is the tax rate in Grandval?

The municipal tax multiplier of Grandval is 174% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Grandval?

A single person without children pays about 17'016 CHF income tax in Grandval on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 156 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Grandval have?

Grandval has 398 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Grandval?

Grandval has 46 foreign residents, a share of 11.56% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Grandval

2745

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

187 47.0%

Men

211 53.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

91 22.9%

Swiss citizens

352 88.4%

Foreign residents

46 11.6%

Population density

48 pop./km²

0–19 · 91 · 22.9%20–64 · 218 · 54.8%65+ · 89 · 22.4%

Foreign residents 11.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +17 (+4.5%) · 4 births · 1 deaths · net migration +15

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 Grandval

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 26.2% Yes

23.7% YesNo 76.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 34.8% Yes

52.2% YesNo 47.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 40.6% Yes

34.3% YesNo 65.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 47.9% Yes

57.1% YesNo 42.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 48.1% Yes

71.0% YesNo 29.0%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 44.5% Yes

35.3% YesNo 64.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.5% Yes

39.8% YesNo 60.2%

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 28.9% Yes

18.1% YesNo 81.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 42.3% Yes

59.4% YesNo 40.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.0% Yes

65.9% YesNo 34.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.0% · strongest party

SVP39.0%

SP21.7%

GRÜNE13.2%

EDU10.2%

FDP7.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier174%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

174%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 158 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'016 CHF(17%)

Rank 156 of 334 in the canton · 1838 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:17'016 CHF(~17%)

GrandvalCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Grandval	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%	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	18.7%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.5%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.3%	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	24.4%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.8%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.1%	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 1991–20208.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'406 mm

8.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'300 m

Mean elevation

893 m

Relief

735 m

Mean slope

16.5°

Flat share

10.2%

South-facing

33.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 735 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

5.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

6.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'200

Per inhabitant

13'015 kWh/yr

5 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 Grandval →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

0.89 %

Second homes

14.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

225

Built before 194641.8%

Built since 200113.3%

0.89 %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

101

Workplaces

Services share

75.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 76 (75.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

50 %

Farmland

272 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 71 min · Car 64 min

AgglomerationPT 28 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 128/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number694

Websitegrandval.ch ↗

DistrictArrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Grandval ranks

Largest municipalities398 #288 BE · #1891 CH Growing municipalities4.5% #7 BE · #71 CH Shrinking municipalities4.5% #328 BE · #2038 CH Jobs per resident0.25 #256 BE · #1516 CH Families & children22.9% #25 BE · #326 CH Age structure22.4% #212 BE · #779 CH Women share47% #324 BE · #2008 CH Foreign residents11.6% #133 BE · #1581 CH Population density48/km² #276 BE · #1788 CH Tax burden17'016 #158 BE · #1840 CH Taxes174% #158 BE Warmest municipalities8.8 °C #187 BE · #1453 CH Sunniest municipalities41.2% #221 BE · #1312 CH Rainiest municipalities1'406 mm #42 BE · #346 CH Voter turnout47.9% #290 BE · #1924 CH SVP strongholds39% #212 BE · #722 CH SP strongholds21.7% #39 BE · #343 CH Centre strongholds2.3% #311 BE · #2036 CH FDP strongholds7% #131 BE · #1710 CH GLP strongholds2.1% #312 BE · #1736 CH Green strongholds13.2% #24 BE · #233 CH Largest by area8.3 km² #170 BE · #1112 CH Highest municipalities602 m #169 BE · #815 CH Second homes14.3% #117 BE · #644 CH Organic farming50% #9 BE · #111 CH Best-connected municipalities71 min #209 BE · #1102 CH Remotest municipalities71 min #128 BE · #989 CH Highest peaks1'300 m #82 BE · #552 CH Highest-lying municipalities893 m #100 BE · #513 CH Greatest vertical range735 m #76 BE · #535 CH Steepest municipalities16.5° #79 BE · #512 CH Solar potential5 GWh #283 BE · #1892 CH Solar potential per capita13'015 kWh #148 BE · #629 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #125 BE · #619 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #212 BE · #1482 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2745

Grandval

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Grandval2745

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Grandval?: The postal code of Grandval is 2745.
What is the tax rate in Grandval?: The municipal tax multiplier of Grandval is 174% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Grandval?: A single person without children pays about 17'016 CHF income tax in Grandval on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 156 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Grandval have?: Grandval has 398 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Grandval?: Grandval has 46 foreign residents, a share of 11.56% (2025).

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