What is the postal code of Kappelen?

Kappelen has 3 postal codes: 3250, 3252, 3273.

What is the tax rate in Kappelen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Kappelen is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Kappelen?

A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Kappelen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Kappelen have?

Kappelen has 1'413 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Kappelen?

Kappelen has 79 foreign residents, a share of 5.59% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Kappelen

3250–3273

BE CANTON3250 3252 3273

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

688 48.7%

Men

725 51.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

260 18.4%

Swiss citizens

1'334 94.4%

Foreign residents

79 5.6%

Population density

129 pop./km²

0–19 · 260 · 18.4%20–64 · 856 · 60.6%65+ · 297 · 21.0%

Foreign residents 5.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+0.3%) · 13 births · 10 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 Kappelen

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

24.7% YesNo 75.4%

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

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

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

27.5% YesNo 72.5%

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

59.1% YesNo 40.9%

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

62.9% YesNo 37.1%

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

35.2% YesNo 64.8%

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

43.5% YesNo 56.5%

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

18.7% YesNo 81.4%

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

41.8% YesNo 58.3%

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

40.8% YesNo 59.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP49.1% · strongest party

SVP49.1%

Mitte12.1%

SP10.7%

GLP6.4%

FDP5.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier160%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

160%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 80 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'561 CHF(16.6%)

Rank 76 of 334 in the canton · 1626 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:16'561 CHF(~16.6%)

KappelenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Kappelen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.7%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.5%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.9%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.6%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.6%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.8%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.2%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.5%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.5%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.4%	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 1991–2020956 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

447 m

Mean elevation

442 m

Relief

13 m

Mean slope

0.4°

Flat share

100.0%

South-facing

0.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 13 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

24.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

30.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'300

Per inhabitant

17'021 kWh/yr

24 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 Kappelen →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

0.88 %

Second homes

9 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

682

Built before 194631.4%

Built since 200130.6%

0.88 %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

740

Workplaces

129

Services share

40.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 106 (14.3%) · Secondary 332 (44.9%) · Tertiary 302 (40.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

7.1 %

Farmland

727 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 43 min · Car 33 min

AgglomerationPT 18 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 280/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number305

Websitekappelen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Kappelen ranks

Largest municipalities1'413 #156 BE · #1217 CH Growing municipalities0.3% #169 BE · #1245 CH Shrinking municipalities0.3% #166 BE · #859 CH Jobs per resident0.52 #73 BE · #482 CH Families & children18.4% #237 BE · #1587 CH Age structure21% #253 BE · #1035 CH Women share48.7% #287 BE · #1629 CH Foreign residents5.6% #256 BE · #1988 CH Population density129/km² #177 BE · #1315 CH Tax burden16'561 #82 BE · #1632 CH Taxes160% #80 BE Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #22 BE · #385 CH Sunniest municipalities40.8% #247 BE · #1472 CH Rainiest municipalities956 mm #332 BE · #1797 CH Voter turnout53.3% #191 BE · #1440 CH Against Switzerland17.6% #94 BE · #672 CH Aligned with Switzerland82.4% #104 BE · #721 CH SVP strongholds49.1% #101 BE · #259 CH SP strongholds10.7% #222 BE · #1441 CH Centre strongholds12.1% #37 BE · #1027 CH FDP strongholds5.7% #171 BE · #1802 CH GLP strongholds6.4% #203 BE · #873 CH Green strongholds5.2% #230 BE · #1507 CH Largest by area11 km² #140 BE · #890 CH Highest municipalities437 m #318 BE · #1634 CH Second homes9% #253 BE · #1398 CH Organic farming7.1% #223 BE · #1411 CH Best-connected municipalities43 min #47 BE · #288 CH Remotest municipalities43 min #280 BE · #1808 CH Highest peaks447 m #330 BE · #2024 CH Highest-lying municipalities442 m #325 BE · #1785 CH Greatest vertical range13 m #331 BE · #2100 CH Steepest municipalities0.4° #334 BE · #2105 CH Solar potential24 GWh #118 BE · #872 CH Solar potential per capita17'021 kWh #66 BE · #300 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #28 BE · #522 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #115 BE · #1385 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Kappelen3273 Lyss3250 Worben3252

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Kappelen?: Kappelen has 3 postal codes: 3250, 3252, 3273.
What is the tax rate in Kappelen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Kappelen is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Kappelen?: A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Kappelen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Kappelen have?: Kappelen has 1'413 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Kappelen?: Kappelen has 79 foreign residents, a share of 5.59% (2025).

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