What is the postal code of Hermrigen?

The postal code of Hermrigen is 3274.

What is the tax rate in Hermrigen?

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

How much tax do you pay in Hermrigen?

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

How many residents does Hermrigen have?

Hermrigen has 325 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Hermrigen?

Hermrigen has 27 foreign residents, a share of 8.31% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Hermrigen

3274

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

159 48.9%

Men

166 51.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

65 20.0%

Swiss citizens

298 91.7%

Foreign residents

27 8.3%

Population density

95 pop./km²

0–19 · 65 · 20.0%20–64 · 171 · 52.6%65+ · 89 · 27.4%

Foreign residents 8.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +10 (+3.2%) · 2 births · 5 deaths · net migration +12

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 Hermrigen

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 Seeland: 22.8% Yes

18.4% YesNo 81.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

32.0% YesNo 68.0%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

29.8% YesNo 70.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

61.4% YesNo 38.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

53.7% YesNo 46.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

36.9% YesNo 63.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

65.3% YesNo 34.8%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

23.8% YesNo 76.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

35.8% YesNo 64.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

33.9% YesNo 66.1%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP49.9% · strongest party

SVP49.9%

GLP11.7%

SP11.5%

FDP9.3%

Mitte8.3%

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 280 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%)

HermrigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Hermrigen	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 1991–20201'032 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

558 m

Mean elevation

494 m

Relief

120 m

Mean slope

3.8°

Flat share

67.9%

South-facing

16.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 120 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

4.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'000

Per inhabitant

13'662 kWh/yr

4 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 Hermrigen →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

2.44 %

Second homes

9.8 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

164

Built before 194640.2%

Built since 200126.8%

2.44 %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

Services share

53.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 22 (27.5%) · Secondary 15 (18.8%) · Tertiary 43 (53.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

182 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 65 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 156/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number737

Websitehermrigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Hermrigen ranks

Largest municipalities325 #298 BE · #1946 CH Growing municipalities3.2% #14 BE · #140 CH Shrinking municipalities3.2% #321 BE · #1968 CH Jobs per resident0.25 #259 BE · #1519 CH Families & children20% #134 BE · #1133 CH Age structure27.4% #47 BE · #202 CH Women share48.9% #281 BE · #1549 CH Foreign residents8.3% #198 BE · #1838 CH Population density95/km² #215 BE · #1505 CH Tax burden17'535 #285 BE · #2028 CH Taxes190% #280 BE Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #26 BE · #389 CH Sunniest municipalities40.4% #290 BE · #1636 CH Rainiest municipalities1'032 mm #295 BE · #1477 CH Voter turnout48.3% #286 BE · #1905 CH SVP strongholds49.9% #97 BE · #241 CH SP strongholds11.5% #202 BE · #1357 CH Centre strongholds8.3% #160 BE · #1403 CH FDP strongholds9.3% #54 BE · #1478 CH GLP strongholds11.7% #46 BE · #168 CH Green strongholds2.8% #304 BE · #1888 CH Largest by area3.4 km² #288 BE · #1806 CH Highest municipalities513 m #245 BE · #1151 CH Second homes9.8% #226 BE · #1233 CH Organic farming0% #314 BE · #1684 CH Best-connected municipalities65 min #176 BE · #930 CH Remotest municipalities65 min #156 BE · #1160 CH Highest peaks558 m #280 BE · #1686 CH Highest-lying municipalities494 m #262 BE · #1456 CH Greatest vertical range120 m #263 BE · #1735 CH Steepest municipalities3.8° #273 BE · #1775 CH Solar potential4 GWh #296 BE · #1958 CH Solar potential per capita13'662 kWh #130 BE · #562 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #141 BE · #635 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #228 BE · #1498 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3274

Hermrigen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Hermrigen3274

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Hermrigen?: The postal code of Hermrigen is 3274.
What is the tax rate in Hermrigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Hermrigen is 190% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Hermrigen?: A single person without children pays about 17'535 CHF income tax in Hermrigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 280 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Hermrigen have?: Hermrigen has 325 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Hermrigen?: Hermrigen has 27 foreign residents, a share of 8.31% (2025).

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