What is the postal code of Koppigen?

The postal code of Koppigen is 3425.

What is the tax rate in Koppigen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Koppigen is 165% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Koppigen?

A single person without children pays about 16'723 CHF income tax in Koppigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Koppigen have?

Koppigen has 2'260 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Koppigen?

Koppigen has 182 foreign residents, a share of 8.05% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Koppigen

3425

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'151 50.9%

Men

1'109 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

411 18.2%

Swiss citizens

2'078 92.0%

Foreign residents

182 8.1%

Population density

326 pop./km²

0–19 · 411 · 18.2%20–64 · 1'246 · 55.1%65+ · 603 · 26.7%

Foreign residents 8.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −21 (−0.9%) · 19 births · 18 deaths · net migration −28

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 Koppigen

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 Emmental: 21.9% Yes

15.4% YesNo 84.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 31.8% Yes

26.2% YesNo 73.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 35.2% Yes

33.4% YesNo 66.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 56.4% Yes

61.5% YesNo 38.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 55.4% Yes

56.0% YesNo 44.0%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 37.8% Yes

37.7% YesNo 62.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 44.7% Yes

44.8% YesNo 55.2%

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 Emmental: 23.2% Yes

15.9% YesNo 84.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 40.4% Yes

42.2% YesNo 57.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 39.1% Yes

36.9% YesNo 63.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP38.6% · strongest party

SVP38.6%

SP15.3%

Mitte13.1%

GLP8.9%

FDP8.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier165%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

165%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 110 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'723 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 110 of 334 in the canton · 1721 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:16'723 CHF(~16.7%)

KoppigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Koppigen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.8%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.6%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.9%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.8%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.6%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.1%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.5%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.7%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.6%	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'040 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

523 m

Mean elevation

479 m

Relief

62 m

Mean slope

1.9°

Flat share

90.5%

South-facing

2.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 62 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

26.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'800

Per inhabitant

11'558 kWh/yr

26 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

27.92 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.2 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.68 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

27.92 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Genossenschaft Elektra Koppigen-Willadingen

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 Koppigen →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

1.35 %

Second homes

8.4 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

1'115

Built before 194625.9%

Built since 200124.9%

1.35 %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

980

Workplaces

134

Services share

73.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 51 (5.2%) · Secondary 210 (21.4%) · Tertiary 719 (73.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

6.3 %

Farmland

364 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 57 min · Car 32 min

AgglomerationPT 22 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 201/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number413

Websitekoppigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Koppigen ranks

Largest municipalities2'260 #118 BE · #903 CH Growing municipalities-0.9% #265 BE · #1779 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.9% #69 BE · #325 CH Jobs per resident0.43 #116 BE · #717 CH Families & children18.2% #247 BE · #1627 CH Age structure26.7% #58 BE · #250 CH Women share50.9% #94 BE · #429 CH Foreign residents8.1% #204 BE · #1858 CH Population density326/km² #81 BE · #726 CH Tax burden16'723 #111 BE · #1722 CH Taxes165% #110 BE Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #77 BE · #1027 CH Sunniest municipalities40.6% #267 BE · #1551 CH Rainiest municipalities1'040 mm #273 BE · #1436 CH Voter turnout54.8% #145 BE · #1239 CH Against Switzerland9.8% #142 BE · #1209 CH Aligned with Switzerland90.2% #55 BE · #220 CH SVP strongholds38.6% #215 BE · #736 CH SP strongholds15.3% #136 BE · #911 CH Centre strongholds13.1% #23 BE · #953 CH FDP strongholds8.4% #77 BE · #1557 CH GLP strongholds8.9% #123 BE · #445 CH Green strongholds5.3% #223 BE · #1485 CH Largest by area6.9 km² #193 BE · #1272 CH Highest municipalities475 m #274 BE · #1345 CH Second homes8.4% #275 BE · #1535 CH Organic farming6.3% #232 BE · #1458 CH Best-connected municipalities57 min #131 BE · #676 CH Remotest municipalities57 min #201 BE · #1421 CH Highest peaks523 m #300 BE · #1803 CH Highest-lying municipalities479 m #273 BE · #1535 CH Greatest vertical range62 m #307 BE · #1995 CH Steepest municipalities1.9° #316 BE · #2008 CH Solar potential26 GWh #102 BE · #795 CH Solar potential per capita11'558 kWh #192 BE · #816 CH Cheapest electricity27.92 Rp./kWh #241 BE · #1327 CH Most expensive electricity27.92 Rp./kWh #92 BE · #779 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3425

Koppigen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Koppigen3425

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Koppigen?: The postal code of Koppigen is 3425.
What is the tax rate in Koppigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Koppigen is 165% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Koppigen?: A single person without children pays about 16'723 CHF income tax in Koppigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Koppigen have?: Koppigen has 2'260 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Koppigen?: Koppigen has 182 foreign residents, a share of 8.05% (2025).

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