What is the postal code of Laupen?

The postal code of Laupen is 3177.

What is the tax rate in Laupen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Laupen is 174% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Laupen?

A single person without children pays about 17'016 CHF income tax in Laupen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 156 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Laupen have?

Laupen has 3'306 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Laupen?

Laupen has 570 foreign residents, a share of 17.24% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Laupen

3177

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'711 51.8%

Men

1'595 48.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

623 18.8%

Swiss citizens

2'736 82.8%

Foreign residents

570 17.2%

Population density

799 pop./km²

0–19 · 623 · 18.8%20–64 · 1'758 · 53.2%65+ · 925 · 28.0%

Foreign residents 17.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +21 (+0.6%) · 25 births · 25 deaths · net migration +30

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 Laupen

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 Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes

29.7% YesNo 70.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes

19.2% YesNo 80.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes

53.1% YesNo 46.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes

41.5% YesNo 58.5%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes

52.1% YesNo 47.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes

56.0% YesNo 44.0%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

27.3% YesNo 72.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes

35.6% YesNo 64.4%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes

32.9% YesNo 67.1%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP26.4% · strongest party

SVP26.4%

SP22.0%

GLP14.3%

Mitte12.1%

GRÜNE10.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier174%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

174%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 159 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'016 CHF(17%)

Rank 156 of 334 in the canton · 1838 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:17'016 CHF(~17%)

LaupenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Laupen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.7%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.5%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.3%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.1%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.4%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.8%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.1%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	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 1991–20209.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020982 mm

9.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

605 m

Mean elevation

509 m

Relief

129 m

Mean slope

5.1°

Flat share

70.3%

South-facing

7.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 129 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

24.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'400

Per inhabitant

7'396 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 Laupen →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

3.46 %

Second homes

10.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

1'791

Built before 194624.3%

Built since 200124.0%

3.46 %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

1'343

Workplaces

199

Services share

86.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 17 (1.3%) · Secondary 160 (11.9%) · Tertiary 1'166 (86.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

148 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 49 min · Car 27 min

AgglomerationPT 44 min · Car 27 min

Remoteness 256/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number667

Websitelaupen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Laupen ranks

Largest municipalities3'306 #79 BE · #670 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #135 BE · #1001 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #200 BE · #1102 CH Jobs per resident0.41 #127 BE · #794 CH Families & children18.8% #220 BE · #1494 CH Age structure28% #38 BE · #172 CH Women share51.8% #36 BE · #165 CH Foreign residents17.2% #72 BE · #1108 CH Population density799/km² #31 BE · #301 CH Tax burden17'016 #159 BE · #1841 CH Taxes174% #159 BE Warmest municipalities9.9 °C #43 BE · #594 CH Sunniest municipalities42.7% #147 BE · #1033 CH Rainiest municipalities982 mm #321 BE · #1702 CH Voter turnout54.7% #150 BE · #1261 CH Against Switzerland4.9% #194 BE · #1432 CH Aligned with Switzerland95.1% #9 BE · #24 CH SVP strongholds26.4% #305 BE · #1493 CH SP strongholds22% #32 BE · #320 CH Centre strongholds12.1% #38 BE · #1028 CH FDP strongholds7.6% #106 BE · #1639 CH GLP strongholds14.3% #8 BE · #45 CH Green strongholds10.9% #52 BE · #454 CH Largest by area4.1 km² #262 BE · #1690 CH Highest municipalities489 m #263 BE · #1264 CH Second homes10.2% #215 BE · #1160 CH Organic farming0% #301 BE · #1671 CH Best-connected municipalities49 min #83 BE · #428 CH Remotest municipalities49 min #256 BE · #1666 CH Highest peaks605 m #237 BE · #1519 CH Highest-lying municipalities509 m #254 BE · #1393 CH Greatest vertical range129 m #254 BE · #1691 CH Steepest municipalities5.1° #236 BE · #1541 CH Solar potential24 GWh #115 BE · #859 CH Solar potential per capita7'396 kWh #294 BE · #1602 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #115 BE · #609 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #202 BE · #1472 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3177

Laupen BE

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Laupen BE3177

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Laupen?: The postal code of Laupen is 3177.
What is the tax rate in Laupen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Laupen is 174% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Laupen?: A single person without children pays about 17'016 CHF income tax in Laupen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 156 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Laupen have?: Laupen has 3'306 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Laupen?: Laupen has 570 foreign residents, a share of 17.24% (2025).

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