What is the postal code of Jegenstorf?

Jegenstorf has 2 postal codes: 3303, 3305.

What is the tax rate in Jegenstorf?

The municipal tax multiplier of Jegenstorf is 153% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Jegenstorf?

A single person without children pays about 16'334 CHF income tax in Jegenstorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 48 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Jegenstorf have?

Jegenstorf has 5'883 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Jegenstorf?

Jegenstorf has 677 foreign residents, a share of 11.51% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Jegenstorf

3303–3305

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'019 51.3%

Men

2'864 48.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'168 19.9%

Swiss citizens

5'206 88.5%

Foreign residents

677 11.5%

Population density

436 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'168 · 19.9%20–64 · 3'123 · 53.1%65+ · 1'592 · 27.1%

Foreign residents 11.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +11 (+0.2%) · 42 births · 43 deaths · net migration +4

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 Jegenstorf

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

25.8% YesNo 74.2%

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

18.2% YesNo 81.8%

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

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

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

50.7% YesNo 49.3%

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

37.9% YesNo 62.1%

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

53.4% YesNo 46.6%

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

52.9% YesNo 47.1%

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

29.0% YesNo 71.0%

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

29.1% YesNo 70.9%

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

27.8% YesNo 72.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP24.3% · strongest party

SVP24.3%

SP20.4%

GLP12.5%

Mitte11.2%

GRÜNE9.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier153%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

153%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 48 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'334 CHF(16.3%)

Rank 48 of 334 in the canton · 1468 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:16'334 CHF(~16.3%)

JegenstorfCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Jegenstorf	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.6%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.7%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.8%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.6%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.3%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.8%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.6%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.2%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.2%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.1%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'042 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

585 m

Mean elevation

537 m

Relief

82 m

Mean slope

2.4°

Flat share

91.9%

South-facing

0.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 82 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

45.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

57.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

10'200

Per inhabitant

7'778 kWh/yr

46 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

28.98 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.6 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.32 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.2 Rp./kWh

28.98 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Genossenschaft Elektra, Jegenstorf

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 Jegenstorf →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

1.16 %

Second homes

7.8 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

2'839

Built before 194615.1%

Built since 200126.6%

1.16 %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

2'051

Workplaces

323

Services share

83.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 99 (4.8%) · Secondary 231 (11.3%) · Tertiary 1'721 (83.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

842 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 30 min · Car 29 min

AgglomerationPT 30 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 321/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number540

Head of governmentJürg Häberli · Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz

Websitejegenstorf.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Jegenstorf ranks

Largest municipalities5'883 #32 BE · #350 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #176 BE · #1291 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #159 BE · #814 CH Jobs per resident0.35 #165 BE · #1031 CH Families & children19.9% #140 BE · #1171 CH Age structure27.1% #52 BE · #223 CH Women share51.3% #60 BE · #282 CH Foreign residents11.5% #134 BE · #1585 CH Population density436/km² #59 BE · #568 CH Tax burden16'334 #48 BE · #1468 CH Taxes153% #48 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #127 BE · #1212 CH Sunniest municipalities41.9% #174 BE · #1140 CH Rainiest municipalities1'042 mm #270 BE · #1427 CH Voter turnout61.3% #29 BE · #475 CH Against Switzerland5.9% #184 BE · #1395 CH Aligned with Switzerland94.1% #17 BE · #46 CH SVP strongholds24.3% #311 BE · #1588 CH SP strongholds20.4% #57 BE · #436 CH Centre strongholds11.2% #60 BE · #1094 CH FDP strongholds9% #62 BE · #1501 CH GLP strongholds12.5% #35 BE · #118 CH Green strongholds9.7% #72 BE · #606 CH Largest by area13.5 km² #123 BE · #723 CH Highest municipalities538 m #224 BE · #1045 CH Second homes7.8% #291 BE · #1669 CH Organic farming12.5% #145 BE · #1027 CH Best-connected municipalities30 min #15 BE · #77 CH Remotest municipalities30 min #321 BE · #2028 CH Highest peaks585 m #262 BE · #1599 CH Highest-lying municipalities537 m #238 BE · #1274 CH Greatest vertical range82 m #291 BE · #1925 CH Steepest municipalities2.4° #311 BE · #1964 CH Solar potential46 GWh #47 BE · #380 CH Solar potential per capita7'778 kWh #286 BE · #1519 CH Cheapest electricity28.98 Rp./kWh #270 BE · #1627 CH Most expensive electricity28.98 Rp./kWh #65 BE · #480 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Ballmoos3303 Jegenstorf3303 Münchringen3303 Scheunen3305

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Jegenstorf?: Jegenstorf has 2 postal codes: 3303, 3305.
What is the tax rate in Jegenstorf?: The municipal tax multiplier of Jegenstorf is 153% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Jegenstorf?: A single person without children pays about 16'334 CHF income tax in Jegenstorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 48 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Jegenstorf have?: Jegenstorf has 5'883 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Jegenstorf?: Jegenstorf has 677 foreign residents, a share of 11.51% (2025).

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