What is the postal code of Lauenen?

The postal code of Lauenen is 3782.

What is the tax rate in Lauenen?

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

How much tax do you pay in Lauenen?

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

How many residents does Lauenen have?

Lauenen has 851 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lauenen?

Lauenen has 125 foreign residents, a share of 14.69% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE

Lauenen

3782

BE CANTON3782

Residents

851

Area

58.5 km²

Population density

15 pop./km²

Elevation

1'343 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

3'222 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

160%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

445 52.3%

Men

406 47.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

194 22.8%

Swiss citizens

726 85.3%

Foreign residents

125 14.7%

Population density

15 pop./km²

0–19 · 194 · 22.8%20–64 · 465 · 54.6%65+ · 192 · 22.6%

Foreign residents 14.7%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Lauenen

BFS

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

69.1% YesNo 30.9%

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

72.7% YesNo 27.3%

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

22.5% YesNo 77.5%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

21.6% YesNo 78.4%

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

10.9% YesNo 89.1%

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

56.0% YesNo 44.0%

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

59.5% YesNo 40.5%

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

59.7% YesNo 40.3%

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

68.0% YesNo 32.0%

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

8.9% YesNo 91.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP62.2% · strongest party

SVP62.2%

EDU14.6%

FDP6.0%

GLP5.1%

SP5.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier160%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

160%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 79 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%)

LauenenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lauenen	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 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20205.6 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)3.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'538 mm

5.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'222 m

Mean elevation

1'902 m

Relief

2'076 m

Mean slope

25.3°

Flat share

4.2%

South-facing

14.0%

Above 2000 m

38.0%

Relief 2'076 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

18 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

24.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'000

18 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

27.7 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.89 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.25 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

27.7 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

0.41 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

735

Built before 194629.4%

Built since 200117.8%

0.41 %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 158 min · Car 102 min

AgglomerationPT 113 min · Car 65 min

Remoteness 1/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitelauenen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities851 #216 BE · #1552 CH Families & children22.8% #28 BE · #347 CH Age structure22.6% #200 BE · #742 CH Women share52.3% #19 BE · #95 CH Foreign residents14.7% #98 BE · #1308 CH Population density15/km² #324 BE · #2009 CH Tax burden16'561 #84 BE · #1634 CH Taxes160% #79 BE Warmest municipalities5.6 °C #331 BE · #1967 CH Sunniest municipalities50.3% #3 BE · #227 CH Rainiest municipalities1'538 mm #17 BE · #212 CH Voter turnout52.8% #171 BE · #1375 CH SVP strongholds62.2% #27 BE · #38 CH SP strongholds5.1% #305 BE · #1926 CH Centre strongholds2.3% #313 BE · #2033 CH FDP strongholds6% #162 BE · #1781 CH GLP strongholds5.1% #246 BE · #1155 CH Green strongholds1.7% #324 BE · #1977 CH Largest by area58.5 km² #19 BE · #143 CH Highest municipalities1'343 m #14 BE · #129 CH Remotest municipalities158 min #1 BE · #40 CH Best-connected municipalities158 min #334 BE · #2069 CH Highest peaks3'222 m #9 BE · #87 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'902 m #6 BE · #106 CH Greatest vertical range2'076 m #15 BE · #178 CH Steepest municipalities25.3° #33 BE · #252 CH Solar potential18 GWh #161 BE · #1099 CH Cheapest electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #163 BE · #923 CH Most expensive electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #250 BE · #1255 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3782

Lauenen b. Gstaad

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Lauenen b. Gstaad3782

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lauenen?: The postal code of Lauenen is 3782.
What is the tax rate in Lauenen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lauenen is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Lauenen?: A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Lauenen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lauenen have?: Lauenen has 851 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lauenen?: Lauenen has 125 foreign residents, a share of 14.69% (2025).

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