What is the postal code of Kandergrund?

Kandergrund has 2 postal codes: 3716, 3717.

What is the tax rate in Kandergrund?

The municipal tax multiplier of Kandergrund is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Kandergrund?

A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Kandergrund on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Kandergrund have?

Kandergrund has 795 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Kandergrund?

Kandergrund has 50 foreign residents, a share of 6.29% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Kandergrund

3716–3717

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

390 49.1%

Men

405 50.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

155 19.5%

Swiss citizens

745 93.7%

Foreign residents

50 6.3%

Population density

25 pop./km²

0–19 · 155 · 19.5%20–64 · 464 · 58.4%65+ · 176 · 22.1%

Foreign residents 6.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −15 (−1.9%) · 4 births · 8 deaths · net migration −13

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 Kandergrund

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 20.3% Yes

16.6% YesNo 83.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 42.4% Yes

54.8% YesNo 45.2%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 28.9% Yes

20.5% YesNo 79.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.4% Yes

68.9% YesNo 31.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.1% Yes

81.1% YesNo 18.9%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 31.7% Yes

20.9% YesNo 79.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 38.4% Yes

25.0% YesNo 75.0%

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 19.0% Yes

12.6% YesNo 87.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 48.0% Yes

58.4% YesNo 41.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 46.6% Yes

51.3% YesNo 48.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP72.6% · strongest party

SVP72.6%

SP6.7%

Mitte4.4%

GLP4.1%

EDU3.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier185%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

185%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 254 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'373 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 245 of 334 in the canton · 1980 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:17'373 CHF(~17.4%)

KandergrundCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Kandergrund	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.6%	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 1991–20207.7 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)5.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'114 mm

7.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'801 m

Mean elevation

1'528 m

Relief

2'010 m

Mean slope

30.9°

Flat share

5.8%

South-facing

12.4%

Above 2000 m

19.8%

Relief 2'010 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

10.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

13.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'400

Per inhabitant

13'761 kWh/yr

11 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Kandergrund →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

2.04 %

Second homes

17.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.2

Dwellings

637

Built before 194657.1%

Built since 200111.9%

2.04 %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

306

Workplaces

Services share

39.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 117 (38.2%) · Secondary 68 (22.2%) · Tertiary 121 (39.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

18.8 %

Farmland

520 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 81 min · Car 50 min

AgglomerationPT 42 min · Car 25 min

Remoteness 79/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number564

Websitekandergrund.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Kandergrund ranks

Largest municipalities795 #220 BE · #1579 CH Growing municipalities-1.9% #301 BE · #1972 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.9% #34 BE · #135 CH Jobs per resident0.38 #146 BE · #911 CH Families & children19.5% #173 BE · #1294 CH Age structure22.1% #222 BE · #833 CH Women share49.1% #263 BE · #1459 CH Foreign residents6.3% #244 BE · #1963 CH Population density25/km² #304 BE · #1930 CH Tax burden17'373 #252 BE · #1987 CH Taxes185% #254 BE Warmest municipalities7.7 °C #272 BE · #1746 CH Sunniest municipalities48.6% #9 BE · #284 CH Rainiest municipalities1'114 mm #197 BE · #1021 CH Voter turnout48.3% #285 BE · #1904 CH SVP strongholds72.6% #4 BE · #6 CH SP strongholds6.7% #284 BE · #1813 CH Centre strongholds4.4% #279 BE · #1856 CH FDP strongholds1.3% #318 BE · #2056 CH GLP strongholds4.1% #269 BE · #1381 CH Green strongholds2.3% #313 BE · #1934 CH Largest by area32.1 km² #39 BE · #288 CH Highest municipalities1'310 m #18 BE · #137 CH Second homes17.6% #69 BE · #418 CH Organic farming18.8% #79 BE · #698 CH Best-connected municipalities81 min #256 BE · #1360 CH Remotest municipalities81 min #79 BE · #737 CH Highest peaks2'801 m #15 BE · #192 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'528 m #18 BE · #189 CH Greatest vertical range2'010 m #17 BE · #197 CH Steepest municipalities30.9° #9 BE · #70 CH Solar potential11 GWh #218 BE · #1480 CH Solar potential per capita13'761 kWh #129 BE · #557 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #84 BE · #578 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #171 BE · #1441 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Blausee-Mitholz3717 Kandergrund3716

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Reichenbach im Kandertal

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Kandergrund?: Kandergrund has 2 postal codes: 3716, 3717.
What is the tax rate in Kandergrund?: The municipal tax multiplier of Kandergrund is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Kandergrund?: A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Kandergrund on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Kandergrund have?: Kandergrund has 795 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Kandergrund?: Kandergrund has 50 foreign residents, a share of 6.29% (2025).

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