What is the postal code of Gurbrü?

Gurbrü has 2 postal codes: 3208, 3210.

What is the tax rate in Gurbrü?

The municipal tax multiplier of Gurbrü is 190% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Gurbrü?

A single person without children pays about 17'535 CHF income tax in Gurbrü on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 280 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Gurbrü have?

Gurbrü has 251 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Gurbrü?

Gurbrü has 37 foreign residents, a share of 14.74% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Gurbrü

3208–3210

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

123 49.0%

Men

128 51.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

40 15.9%

Swiss citizens

214 85.3%

Foreign residents

37 14.7%

Population density

135 pop./km²

0–19 · 40 · 15.9%20–64 · 155 · 61.8%65+ · 56 · 22.3%

Foreign residents 14.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +2 (+0.8%) · 1 births · 2 deaths · net migration +6

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 Gurbrü

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

27.3% YesNo 72.7%

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

37.9% YesNo 62.1%

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

28.1% YesNo 72.0%

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

59.7% YesNo 40.3%

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

65.6% YesNo 34.4%

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

29.2% YesNo 70.8%

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

52.4% YesNo 47.6%

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

20.8% YesNo 79.2%

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

42.7% YesNo 57.3%

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

43.4% YesNo 56.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP58.6% · strongest party

SVP58.6%

Mitte11.6%

GLP7.7%

SP7.2%

GRÜNE5.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier190%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

190%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 287 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'535 CHF(17.5%)

Rank 280 of 334 in the canton · 2023 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:17'535 CHF(~17.5%)

GurbrüCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Gurbrü	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.3%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.2%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.7%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.9%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.7%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.5%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.5%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.1%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.9%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.1%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.5%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.8%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.9%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.8%	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 1991–202010.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020979 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

501 m

Mean elevation

484 m

Relief

54 m

Mean slope

3.5°

Flat share

78.0%

South-facing

15.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 54 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

4.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

6.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'000

Per inhabitant

18'685 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

24.09 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

24.09 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 Gurbrü →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

13 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

129

Built before 194648.8%

Built since 20016.2%

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

Workplaces

Jobs by sector: Primary 53 (74.6%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 0 (0.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

9.1 %

Farmland

260 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 56 min · Car 27 min

AgglomerationPT 56 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 205/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number665

Head of governmentThomas Herren

Websitegurbrue.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Gurbrü ranks

Largest municipalities251 #305 BE · #1985 CH Growing municipalities0.8% #119 BE · #900 CH Shrinking municipalities0.8% #216 BE · #1204 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #229 BE · #1368 CH Families & children15.9% #303 BE · #1919 CH Age structure22.3% #216 BE · #801 CH Women share49% #273 BE · #1503 CH Foreign residents14.7% #97 BE · #1303 CH Population density135/km² #170 BE · #1283 CH Tax burden17'535 #283 BE · #2026 CH Taxes190% #287 BE Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #24 BE · #387 CH Sunniest municipalities41.7% #182 BE · #1172 CH Rainiest municipalities979 mm #323 BE · #1717 CH Voter turnout55.1% #136 BE · #1193 CH SVP strongholds58.6% #39 BE · #66 CH SP strongholds7.2% #275 BE · #1765 CH Centre strongholds11.6% #48 BE · #1058 CH FDP strongholds2.8% #287 BE · #1992 CH GLP strongholds7.7% #163 BE · #621 CH Green strongholds5.3% #226 BE · #1488 CH Largest by area1.9 km² #323 BE · #2021 CH Highest municipalities490 m #262 BE · #1257 CH Second homes13% #141 BE · #781 CH Organic farming9.1% #204 BE · #1278 CH Best-connected municipalities56 min #128 BE · #643 CH Remotest municipalities56 min #205 BE · #1445 CH Highest peaks501 m #309 BE · #1872 CH Highest-lying municipalities484 m #270 BE · #1510 CH Greatest vertical range54 m #314 BE · #2027 CH Steepest municipalities3.5° #283 BE · #1830 CH Solar potential5 GWh #292 BE · #1944 CH Solar potential per capita18'685 kWh #43 BE · #230 CH Cheapest electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #11 BE · #238 CH Most expensive electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #320 BE · #1866 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Gurbrü3208 Kerzers3210

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Gurbrü?: Gurbrü has 2 postal codes: 3208, 3210.
What is the tax rate in Gurbrü?: The municipal tax multiplier of Gurbrü is 190% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Gurbrü?: A single person without children pays about 17'535 CHF income tax in Gurbrü on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 280 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Gurbrü have?: Gurbrü has 251 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Gurbrü?: Gurbrü has 37 foreign residents, a share of 14.74% (2025).

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