What is the postal code of Kallnach?

Kallnach has 3 postal codes: 3207, 3226, 3283.

What is the tax rate in Kallnach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Kallnach is 145% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Kallnach?

A single person without children pays about 16'074 CHF income tax in Kallnach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 27 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Kallnach have?

Kallnach has 2'238 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Kallnach?

Kallnach has 210 foreign residents, a share of 9.38% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Kallnach

3207–3283

BE CANTON3207 3226 3283

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'123 50.2%

Men

1'115 49.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

432 19.3%

Swiss citizens

2'028 90.6%

Foreign residents

210 9.4%

Population density

124 pop./km²

0–19 · 432 · 19.3%20–64 · 1'263 · 56.4%65+ · 543 · 24.3%

Foreign residents 9.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +3 (+0.1%) · 18 births · 9 deaths · net migration −5

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 Kallnach

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

19.2% YesNo 80.8%

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

27.0% YesNo 73.0%

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

29.5% YesNo 70.5%

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

62.6% YesNo 37.4%

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

61.6% YesNo 38.4%

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

37.9% YesNo 62.1%

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

49.8% YesNo 50.2%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

19.6% YesNo 80.4%

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

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

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

41.7% YesNo 58.3%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP47.3% · strongest party

SVP47.3%

Mitte11.1%

SP10.9%

GLP9.0%

GRÜNE6.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier145%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

145%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 28 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'074 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 27 of 334 in the canton · 1303 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:16'074 CHF(~16.1%)

KallnachCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Kallnach	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.4%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.2%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.5%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.6%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.1%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	16.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.7%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.5%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.3%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.2%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.6%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	25.8%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	26.8%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.7%	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 1991–2020964 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

559 m

Mean elevation

465 m

Relief

126 m

Mean slope

3.2°

Flat share

77.6%

South-facing

3.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 126 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

38.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

47.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'600

Per inhabitant

17'207 kWh/yr

39 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

24.09–27.31 Rp./kWh

25.7 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators BKW Energie AG · Einwohnergemeinde Kallnach, Stromversorgung

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 2

Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Kallnach →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

0.98 %

Second homes

13.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

1'128

Built before 194640.2%

Built since 200117.8%

0.98 %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

1'194

Workplaces

174

Services share

57 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 249 (20.9%) · Secondary 264 (22.1%) · Tertiary 681 (57.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

14.6 %

Farmland

1'164 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 48 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 45 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 258/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number304

Websitekallnach.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Kallnach ranks

Largest municipalities2'238 #120 BE · #912 CH Growing municipalities0.1% #182 BE · #1335 CH Shrinking municipalities0.1% #152 BE · #770 CH Jobs per resident0.53 #66 BE · #460 CH Families & children19.3% #191 BE · #1355 CH Age structure24.3% #125 BE · #475 CH Women share50.2% #161 BE · #781 CH Foreign residents9.4% #170 BE · #1756 CH Population density124/km² #181 BE · #1346 CH Tax burden16'074 #28 BE · #1304 CH Taxes145% #28 BE Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #21 BE · #384 CH Sunniest municipalities40.9% #241 BE · #1436 CH Rainiest municipalities964 mm #330 BE · #1776 CH Voter turnout55% #137 BE · #1202 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #113 BE · #907 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #78 BE · #505 CH SVP strongholds47.3% #115 BE · #314 CH SP strongholds10.9% #215 BE · #1419 CH Centre strongholds11.1% #63 BE · #1103 CH FDP strongholds4.5% #218 BE · #1885 CH GLP strongholds9% #121 BE · #427 CH Green strongholds6.4% #177 BE · #1220 CH Largest by area18 km² #82 BE · #534 CH Highest municipalities445 m #303 BE · #1566 CH Second homes13.7% #124 BE · #695 CH Organic farming14.6% #116 BE · #887 CH Best-connected municipalities48 min #77 BE · #402 CH Remotest municipalities48 min #258 BE · #1695 CH Highest peaks559 m #278 BE · #1683 CH Highest-lying municipalities465 m #292 BE · #1622 CH Greatest vertical range126 m #257 BE · #1707 CH Steepest municipalities3.2° #294 BE · #1876 CH Solar potential39 GWh #64 BE · #487 CH Solar potential per capita17'207 kWh #64 BE · #295 CH Cheapest electricity25.7 Rp./kWh #220 BE · #783 CH Most expensive electricity25.7 Rp./kWh #114 BE · #1324 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Golaten3207 Kallnach3283 Niederried b. Kallnach3283 Treiten3226

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Kallnach?: Kallnach has 3 postal codes: 3207, 3226, 3283.
What is the tax rate in Kallnach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Kallnach is 145% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Kallnach?: A single person without children pays about 16'074 CHF income tax in Kallnach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 27 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Kallnach have?: Kallnach has 2'238 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Kallnach?: Kallnach has 210 foreign residents, a share of 9.38% (2025).

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