What is the postal code of Langnau im Emmental?

Langnau im Emmental has 7 postal codes: 3535, 3543, 3550, 3551, 3552, 3553, 3555.

What is the tax rate in Langnau im Emmental?

The municipal tax multiplier of Langnau im Emmental is 194% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Langnau im Emmental?

A single person without children pays about 17'665 CHF income tax in Langnau im Emmental on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 294 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Langnau im Emmental have?

Langnau im Emmental has 9'645 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Langnau im Emmental?

Langnau im Emmental has 909 foreign residents, a share of 9.42% (2025).

Langnau im Emmental (BE): Postal Codes 3535–3555, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

4'913 50.9%

Men

4'732 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'871 19.4%

Swiss citizens

8'736 90.6%

Foreign residents

909 9.4%

Population density

199 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'871 · 19.4%20–64 · 5'351 · 55.5%65+ · 2'423 · 25.1%

Foreign residents 9.4%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Langnau im Emmental

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

51.5% YesNo 48.5%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

48.0% YesNo 52.0%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% Yes

43.8% YesNo 56.2%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

48.3% YesNo 51.7%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

29.7% YesNo 70.3%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

36.4% YesNo 63.7%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

36.9% YesNo 63.2%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

74.0% YesNo 26.0%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

44.0% YesNo 56.0%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert (Initiative für eine Zukunft)»Federal● Rejected · 21.7% Yes

21.7% YesNo 78.3%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP33.4% · strongest party

SVP33.4%

SP17.6%

Mitte10.8%

GRÜNE10.4%

GLP8.7%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier194%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

194%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 294 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'665 CHF(17.7%)

Rank 294 of 334 in the canton · 2038 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:17'665 CHF(~17.7%)

Langnau im EmmentalCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Langnau im Emmental	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.4%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.8%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	15%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	21.1%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.8%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.3%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.7%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	28%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	29%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	30%	25.1–31.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'379 mm

8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'311 m

Mean elevation

883 m

Relief

668 m

Mean slope

18°

Flat share

11.5%

South-facing

22.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 668 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

91.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

117.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

20'300

91 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

28.7 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.89 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.25 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.8 Rp./kWh

28.7 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.35 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.69 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

5'066

Built before 194641.0%

Built since 200119.9%

0.69 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 51 min · Car 51 min

AgglomerationPT 44 min · Car 38 min

Remoteness 238/334 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitelangnau-ie.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities9'645 #18 BE · #191 CH Families & children19.4% #188 BE · #1340 CH Age structure25.1% #101 BE · #385 CH Women share50.9% #99 BE · #434 CH Foreign residents9.4% #169 BE · #1750 CH Population density199/km² #123 BE · #1033 CH Tax burden17'665 #299 BE · #2043 CH Taxes194% #294 BE Warmest municipalities8 °C #254 BE · #1700 CH Sunniest municipalities43.2% #131 BE · #979 CH Rainiest municipalities1'379 mm #52 BE · #383 CH Voter turnout48.3% #267 BE · #1840 CH Against Switzerland10% #147 BE · #1214 CH Aligned with Switzerland90% #60 BE · #225 CH SVP strongholds33.4% #269 BE · #1068 CH SP strongholds17.6% #90 BE · #666 CH Centre strongholds10.8% #74 BE · #1122 CH FDP strongholds6% #163 BE · #1782 CH GLP strongholds8.7% #134 BE · #478 CH Green strongholds10.4% #60 BE · #504 CH Largest by area48.4 km² #26 BE · #181 CH Highest municipalities736 m #107 BE · #527 CH Remotest municipalities51 min #238 BE · #1609 CH Best-connected municipalities51 min #101 BE · #500 CH Highest peaks1'311 m #77 BE · #541 CH Highest-lying municipalities883 m #102 BE · #519 CH Greatest vertical range668 m #84 BE · #575 CH Steepest municipalities18° #71 BE · #453 CH Solar potential91 GWh #10 BE · #107 CH Cheapest electricity28.7 Rp./kWh #230 BE · #1215 CH Most expensive electricity28.7 Rp./kWh #105 BE · #892 CH

Postal codes (7)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 7

Bärau3552 Emmenmatt3543 Gohl3553 Langnau im Emmental3550 Oberfrittenbach3551 Schüpbach3535 Trubschachen3555

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Röthenbach im Emmental

BE · 6.1 km

Landiswil

BE · 7.4 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Langnau im Emmental?: Langnau im Emmental has 7 postal codes: 3535, 3543, 3550, 3551, 3552, 3553, 3555.
What is the tax rate in Langnau im Emmental?: The municipal tax multiplier of Langnau im Emmental is 194% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Langnau im Emmental?: A single person without children pays about 17'665 CHF income tax in Langnau im Emmental on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 294 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Langnau im Emmental have?: Langnau im Emmental has 9'645 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Langnau im Emmental?: Langnau im Emmental has 909 foreign residents, a share of 9.42% (2025).

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