What is the postal code of Heiligenschwendi?

The postal code of Heiligenschwendi is 3625.

What is the tax rate in Heiligenschwendi?

The municipal tax multiplier of Heiligenschwendi is 189% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Heiligenschwendi?

A single person without children pays about 17'503 CHF income tax in Heiligenschwendi on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 275 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Heiligenschwendi have?

Heiligenschwendi has 732 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Heiligenschwendi?

Heiligenschwendi has 92 foreign residents, a share of 12.57% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Heiligenschwendi

3625

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

379 51.8%

Men

353 48.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

134 18.3%

Swiss citizens

640 87.4%

Foreign residents

92 12.6%

Population density

132 pop./km²

0–19 · 134 · 18.3%20–64 · 409 · 55.9%65+ · 189 · 25.8%

Foreign residents 12.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +11 (+1.5%) · 4 births · 7 deaths · net migration +14

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 Heiligenschwendi

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

33.7% YesNo 66.3%

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

42.5% YesNo 57.5%

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

36.8% YesNo 63.2%

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

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

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

52.1% YesNo 48.0%

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

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

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

37.8% YesNo 62.2%

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 Verwaltungskreis Thun: 25.2% Yes

24.5% YesNo 75.6%

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

47.4% YesNo 52.6%

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

46.4% YesNo 53.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP38.4% · strongest party

SVP38.4%

GRÜNE11.8%

SP11.3%

EDU10.2%

EVP8.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier189%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

189%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 279 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'503 CHF(17.5%)

Rank 275 of 334 in the canton · 2017 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:17'503 CHF(~17.5%)

HeiligenschwendiCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Heiligenschwendi	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	14.8%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.6%	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	21.6%	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	28.8%	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 1991–20207.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'447 mm

7.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'377 m

Mean elevation

1'036 m

Relief

746 m

Mean slope

16.8°

Flat share

4.4%

South-facing

26.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 746 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

7.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

10.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'800

Per inhabitant

10'792 kWh/yr

8 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 Heiligenschwendi →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

0.23 %

Second homes

16.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

444

Built before 194637.6%

Built since 200113.3%

0.23 %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

559

Workplaces

Services share

90.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 45 (8.1%) · Secondary 10 (1.8%) · Tertiary 504 (90.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

6.3 %

Farmland

276 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 64 min · Car 42 min

AgglomerationPT 27 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 167/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number927

Websiteheiligenschwendi.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Heiligenschwendi ranks

Largest municipalities732 #226 BE · #1628 CH Growing municipalities1.5% #67 BE · #514 CH Shrinking municipalities1.5% #269 BE · #1587 CH Jobs per resident0.76 #26 BE · #175 CH Families & children18.3% #246 BE · #1613 CH Age structure25.8% #82 BE · #320 CH Women share51.8% #40 BE · #169 CH Foreign residents12.6% #126 BE · #1490 CH Population density132/km² #175 BE · #1302 CH Tax burden17'503 #277 BE · #2019 CH Taxes189% #279 BE Warmest municipalities7.2 °C #305 BE · #1826 CH Sunniest municipalities45.1% #69 BE · #643 CH Rainiest municipalities1'447 mm #26 BE · #293 CH Voter turnout58.6% #64 BE · #742 CH SVP strongholds38.4% #219 BE · #744 CH SP strongholds11.3% #208 BE · #1374 CH Centre strongholds4.6% #276 BE · #1833 CH FDP strongholds3.5% #266 BE · #1956 CH GLP strongholds6.8% #192 BE · #789 CH Green strongholds11.8% #38 BE · #365 CH Largest by area5.6 km² #223 BE · #1452 CH Highest municipalities1'123 m #27 BE · #193 CH Second homes16.9% #81 BE · #452 CH Organic farming6.3% #235 BE · #1461 CH Best-connected municipalities64 min #171 BE · #900 CH Remotest municipalities64 min #167 BE · #1193 CH Highest peaks1'377 m #73 BE · #515 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'036 m #58 BE · #393 CH Greatest vertical range746 m #72 BE · #529 CH Steepest municipalities16.8° #77 BE · #497 CH Solar potential8 GWh #248 BE · #1698 CH Solar potential per capita10'792 kWh #212 BE · #941 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #190 BE · #684 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #277 BE · #1547 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3625

Heiligenschwendi

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Heiligenschwendi3625

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Oberhofen am Thunersee

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Heiligenschwendi?: The postal code of Heiligenschwendi is 3625.
What is the tax rate in Heiligenschwendi?: The municipal tax multiplier of Heiligenschwendi is 189% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Heiligenschwendi?: A single person without children pays about 17'503 CHF income tax in Heiligenschwendi on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 275 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Heiligenschwendi have?: Heiligenschwendi has 732 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Heiligenschwendi?: Heiligenschwendi has 92 foreign residents, a share of 12.57% (2025).

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