What is the postal code of Jens?

The postal code of Jens is 2565.

What is the tax rate in Jens?

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

How much tax do you pay in Jens?

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

How many foreign residents live in Jens?

Jens has 35 foreign residents, a share of 5.28% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Jens

2565

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

329 49.6%

Men

334 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

116 17.5%

Swiss citizens

628 94.7%

Foreign residents

35 5.3%

Population density

145 pop./km²

0–19 · 116 · 17.5%20–64 · 371 · 56.0%65+ · 176 · 26.5%

Foreign residents 5.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +3 (+0.5%) · 5 births · 4 deaths · net migration +1

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 Jens

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

26.7% YesNo 73.3%

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

25.7% YesNo 74.3%

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

39.2% YesNo 60.8%

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

53.7% YesNo 46.3%

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

49.6% YesNo 50.4%

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

39.8% YesNo 60.2%

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

48.9% YesNo 51.1%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

23.0% YesNo 77.0%

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

41.9% YesNo 58.1%

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

36.3% YesNo 63.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP33.3% · strongest party

SVP33.3%

Mitte18.9%

SP15.3%

GLP7.0%

GRÜNE6.6%

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 281 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%)

JensCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Jens	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'056 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

609 m

Mean elevation

465 m

Relief

174 m

Mean slope

5.3°

Flat share

66.8%

South-facing

26.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 174 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

8.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

11.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'900

Per inhabitant

13'122 kWh/yr

9 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 Jens →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

0.65 %

Second homes

8.4 %

Avg. rooms

4.5

Dwellings

308

Built before 194636.0%

Built since 200114.9%

0.65 %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

117

Workplaces

Services share

35.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 24 (20.5%) · Secondary 51 (43.6%) · Tertiary 42 (35.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

311 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 60 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 13 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 191/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number738

Websitejens.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Jens ranks

Largest municipalities663 #236 BE · #1674 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #154 BE · #1129 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #181 BE · #974 CH Jobs per resident0.18 #304 BE · #1849 CH Families & children17.5% #270 BE · #1741 CH Age structure26.5% #65 BE · #265 CH Women share49.6% #235 BE · #1184 CH Foreign residents5.3% #260 BE · #1995 CH Population density145/km² #159 BE · #1242 CH Tax burden17'535 #286 BE · #2029 CH Taxes190% #281 BE Warmest municipalities10 °C #35 BE · #487 CH Sunniest municipalities40.4% #291 BE · #1637 CH Rainiest municipalities1'056 mm #252 BE · #1345 CH Voter turnout62% #24 BE · #419 CH SVP strongholds33.3% #271 BE · #1081 CH SP strongholds15.3% #137 BE · #912 CH Centre strongholds18.9% #1 BE · #589 CH FDP strongholds5.2% #194 BE · #1841 CH GLP strongholds7% #183 BE · #748 CH Green strongholds6.6% #170 BE · #1184 CH Largest by area4.6 km² #245 BE · #1602 CH Highest municipalities437 m #322 BE · #1638 CH Second homes8.4% #277 BE · #1540 CH Organic farming12.5% #149 BE · #1031 CH Best-connected municipalities60 min #144 BE · #768 CH Remotest municipalities60 min #191 BE · #1328 CH Highest peaks609 m #235 BE · #1500 CH Highest-lying municipalities465 m #291 BE · #1621 CH Greatest vertical range174 m #210 BE · #1466 CH Steepest municipalities5.3° #233 BE · #1510 CH Solar potential9 GWh #238 BE · #1636 CH Solar potential per capita13'122 kWh #143 BE · #611 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #142 BE · #636 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #229 BE · #1499 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2565

Jens

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Jens2565

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Jens?: The postal code of Jens is 2565.
What is the tax rate in Jens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Jens is 190% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Jens?: A single person without children pays about 17'535 CHF income tax in Jens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 280 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Jens have?: Jens has 663 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Jens?: Jens has 35 foreign residents, a share of 5.28% (2025).

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