What is the postal code of Herzogenbuchsee?

Herzogenbuchsee has 2 postal codes: 3360, 3363.

What is the tax rate in Herzogenbuchsee?

The municipal tax multiplier of Herzogenbuchsee is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Herzogenbuchsee?

A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Herzogenbuchsee on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Herzogenbuchsee have?

Herzogenbuchsee has 7'620 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Herzogenbuchsee?

Herzogenbuchsee has 1'646 foreign residents, a share of 21.6% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Herzogenbuchsee

3360–3363

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'884 51.0%

Men

3'736 49.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'548 20.3%

Swiss citizens

5'974 78.4%

Foreign residents

1'646 21.6%

Population density

776 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'548 · 20.3%20–64 · 4'370 · 57.3%65+ · 1'702 · 22.3%

Foreign residents 21.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +118 (+1.6%) · 69 births · 87 deaths · net migration +154

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 Herzogenbuchsee

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 Oberaargau: 22.2% Yes

26.0% YesNo 74.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.3% Yes

23.5% YesNo 76.5%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.1% Yes

36.3% YesNo 63.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 58.5% Yes

55.3% YesNo 44.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 57.9% Yes

46.0% YesNo 54.0%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 34.8% Yes

44.0% YesNo 56.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 46.2% Yes

50.6% YesNo 49.4%

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 Oberaargau: 20.9% Yes

24.0% YesNo 76.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 42.2% Yes

33.5% YesNo 66.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 39.8% Yes

33.7% YesNo 66.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP29.0% · strongest party

SVP29.0%

SP19.7%

GLP14.0%

FDP9.2%

Mitte9.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

175%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 179 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'048 CHF(17%)

Rank 167 of 334 in the canton · 1863 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:17'048 CHF(~17%)

HerzogenbuchseeCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Herzogenbuchsee	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	16.1%	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	18.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	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	24.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'102 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

536 m

Mean elevation

478 m

Relief

87 m

Mean slope

2.6°

Flat share

85.4%

South-facing

0.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 87 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

63.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

80.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

14'000

Per inhabitant

8'278 kWh/yr

63 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 range H4

24.74–28.73 Rp./kWh

26.73 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operators BKW Energie AG · EWK Herzogenbuchsee AG

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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 Herzogenbuchsee →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

1.73 %

Second homes

10.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

3'875

Built before 194621.5%

Built since 200122.5%

1.73 %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

4'221

Workplaces

491

Services share

65 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 31 (0.7%) · Secondary 1'445 (34.2%) · Tertiary 2'745 (65.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

237 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 45 min · Car 44 min

AgglomerationPT 0 min · Car 0 min

Remoteness 275/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number979

Head of governmentMarkus Loosli

Websiteherzogenbuchsee.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Herzogenbuchsee ranks

Largest municipalities7'620 #20 BE · #259 CH Growing municipalities1.6% #65 BE · #495 CH Shrinking municipalities1.6% #270 BE · #1613 CH Jobs per resident0.55 #64 BE · #423 CH Families & children20.3% #118 BE · #1027 CH Age structure22.3% #217 BE · #802 CH Women share51% #89 BE · #387 CH Foreign residents21.6% #40 BE · #739 CH Population density776/km² #34 BE · #316 CH Tax burden17'048 #175 BE · #1871 CH Taxes175% #179 BE Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #85 BE · #1035 CH Sunniest municipalities40.5% #284 BE · #1598 CH Rainiest municipalities1'102 mm #211 BE · #1096 CH Voter turnout52.7% #205 BE · #1500 CH Against Switzerland1% #200 BE · #1457 CH Aligned with Switzerland99% #1 BE · #1 CH SVP strongholds29% #290 BE · #1334 CH SP strongholds19.7% #66 BE · #486 CH Centre strongholds9% #124 BE · #1302 CH FDP strongholds9.2% #59 BE · #1487 CH GLP strongholds14% #13 BE · #53 CH Green strongholds8.5% #110 BE · #792 CH Largest by area9.8 km² #153 BE · #973 CH Highest municipalities474 m #275 BE · #1355 CH Second homes10.5% #208 BE · #1123 CH Organic farming0% #330 BE · #1700 CH Best-connected municipalities45 min #68 BE · #340 CH Remotest municipalities45 min #275 BE · #1763 CH Highest peaks536 m #292 BE · #1758 CH Highest-lying municipalities478 m #276 BE · #1543 CH Greatest vertical range87 m #288 BE · #1900 CH Steepest municipalities2.6° #306 BE · #1939 CH Solar potential63 GWh #26 BE · #214 CH Solar potential per capita8'278 kWh #275 BE · #1405 CH Cheapest electricity26.73 Rp./kWh #228 BE · #1075 CH Most expensive electricity26.73 Rp./kWh #106 BE · #1032 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Herzogenbuchsee3360 Oberönz3363

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Herzogenbuchsee?: Herzogenbuchsee has 2 postal codes: 3360, 3363.
What is the tax rate in Herzogenbuchsee?: The municipal tax multiplier of Herzogenbuchsee is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Herzogenbuchsee?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Herzogenbuchsee on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Herzogenbuchsee have?: Herzogenbuchsee has 7'620 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Herzogenbuchsee?: Herzogenbuchsee has 1'646 foreign residents, a share of 21.6% (2025).

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