What is the postal code of Lauterbrunnen?

Lauterbrunnen has 6 postal codes: 3801, 3822, 3823, 3824, 3825, 3826.

What is the tax rate in Lauterbrunnen?

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

How much tax do you pay in Lauterbrunnen?

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

How many residents does Lauterbrunnen have?

Lauterbrunnen has 2'356 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lauterbrunnen?

Lauterbrunnen has 779 foreign residents, a share of 33.06% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Lauterbrunnen

3801–3826

BE CANTON3801 3822 3823 3824+2 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'191 50.6%

Men

1'165 49.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

300 12.7%

Swiss citizens

1'577 66.9%

Foreign residents

779 33.1%

Population density

14 pop./km²

0–19 · 300 · 12.7%20–64 · 1'442 · 61.2%65+ · 614 · 26.1%

Foreign residents 33.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +25 (+1.1%) · 10 births · 20 deaths · net migration +49

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 Lauterbrunnen

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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 23.2% Yes

17.4% YesNo 82.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.0% Yes

33.5% YesNo 66.5%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 30.2% Yes

25.5% YesNo 74.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 59.9% Yes

61.8% YesNo 38.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 54.6% Yes

52.1% YesNo 47.9%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.7% Yes

34.5% YesNo 65.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 46.8% Yes

46.9% YesNo 53.1%

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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 21.1% Yes

16.1% YesNo 83.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 41.5% Yes

41.5% YesNo 58.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 42.4% Yes

43.6% YesNo 56.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP42.9% · strongest party

SVP42.9%

SP14.4%

Mitte10.1%

GLP9.8%

FDP7.2%

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 161 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%)

LauterbrunnenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lauterbrunnen	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 1991–20204.1 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)1.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'382 mm

4.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

4'137 m

Mean elevation

2'158 m

Relief

3'429 m

Mean slope

32.3°

Flat share

2.4%

South-facing

17.5%

Above 2000 m

58.9%

Relief 3'429 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

38.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

53.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'500

Per inhabitant

16'269 kWh/yr

38 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 range H4

23.93–25.1 Rp./kWh

24.52 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators EWL Genossenschaft · Jungfraubahn AG

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Lauterbrunnen →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 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

0.14 %

Second homes

61.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.2

Dwellings

3'628

Built before 194642.1%

Built since 200111.1%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

0.14 %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

2'453

Workplaces

368

Services share

87.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 120 (4.9%) · Secondary 179 (7.3%) · Tertiary 2'154 (87.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

44.7 %

Farmland

815 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 112 min · Car 92 min

AgglomerationPT 51 min · Car 50 min

Remoteness 16/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number584

Websitelauterbrunnen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Lauterbrunnen ranks

Largest municipalities2'356 #114 BE · #881 CH Growing municipalities1.1% #102 BE · #749 CH Shrinking municipalities1.1% #232 BE · #1356 CH Jobs per resident1.04 #10 BE · #81 CH Families & children12.7% #324 BE · #2053 CH Age structure26.1% #71 BE · #292 CH Women share50.6% #129 BE · #568 CH Foreign residents33.1% #6 BE · #195 CH Population density14/km² #325 BE · #2013 CH Tax burden17'016 #160 BE · #1842 CH Taxes174% #161 BE Warmest municipalities4.1 °C #334 BE · #2023 CH Sunniest municipalities48% #18 BE · #321 CH Rainiest municipalities1'382 mm #50 BE · #378 CH Voter turnout50.1% #257 BE · #1768 CH Against Switzerland21.8% #64 BE · #390 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.2% #137 BE · #1067 CH SVP strongholds42.9% #165 BE · #499 CH SP strongholds14.4% #153 BE · #1006 CH Centre strongholds10.1% #93 BE · #1190 CH FDP strongholds7.2% #123 BE · #1684 CH GLP strongholds9.8% #105 BE · #342 CH Green strongholds3.3% #296 BE · #1839 CH Largest by area164.7 km² #4 BE · #27 CH Highest municipalities1'407 m #11 BE · #109 CH Second homes61.4% #5 BE · #104 CH Organic farming44.7% #15 BE · #167 CH Best-connected municipalities112 min #319 BE · #1863 CH Remotest municipalities112 min #16 BE · #240 CH Highest peaks4'137 m #2 BE · #16 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'158 m #3 BE · #62 CH Greatest vertical range3'429 m #2 BE · #6 CH Steepest municipalities32.3° #3 BE · #43 CH Solar potential38 GWh #65 BE · #494 CH Solar potential per capita16'269 kWh #73 BE · #346 CH Cheapest electricity24.52 Rp./kWh #23 BE · #329 CH Most expensive electricity24.52 Rp./kWh #311 BE · #1778 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 9

Eigergletscher3823 Gimmelwald3826 Isenfluh3822 Jungfraujoch3801 Kleine Scheidegg3823 Lauterbrunnen3822 Mürren3825 Stechelberg3824 Wengen3823

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lauterbrunnen?: Lauterbrunnen has 6 postal codes: 3801, 3822, 3823, 3824, 3825, 3826.
What is the tax rate in Lauterbrunnen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lauterbrunnen is 174% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Lauterbrunnen?: A single person without children pays about 17'016 CHF income tax in Lauterbrunnen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 156 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lauterbrunnen have?: Lauterbrunnen has 2'356 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lauterbrunnen?: Lauterbrunnen has 779 foreign residents, a share of 33.06% (2025).

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