What is the postal code of Lenk?

Lenk has 2 postal codes: 3773, 3775.

What is the tax rate in Lenk?

The municipal tax multiplier of Lenk is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Lenk?

A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Lenk on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Lenk have?

Lenk has 2'352 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lenk?

Lenk has 365 foreign residents, a share of 15.52% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen

Lenk

3773–3775

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'177 50.0%

Men

1'175 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

432 18.4%

Swiss citizens

1'987 84.5%

Foreign residents

365 15.5%

Population density

19 pop./km²

0–19 · 432 · 18.4%20–64 · 1'273 · 54.1%65+ · 647 · 27.5%

Foreign residents 15.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +30 (+1.3%) · 24 births · 10 deaths · net migration +22

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 Lenk

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 Obersimmental-Saanen: 15.6% Yes

13.3% YesNo 86.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 46.1% Yes

43.2% YesNo 56.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 23.2% Yes

21.3% YesNo 78.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 64.4% Yes

54.3% YesNo 45.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 60.6% Yes

50.8% YesNo 49.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 27.8% Yes

27.3% YesNo 72.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 35.0% Yes

33.9% YesNo 66.1%

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 Obersimmental-Saanen: 15.7% Yes

14.8% YesNo 85.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 45.7% Yes

46.0% YesNo 54.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 48.4% Yes

49.1% YesNo 51.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP51.8% · strongest party

SVP51.8%

EDU9.7%

FDP8.8%

GLP7.5%

Mitte6.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier179%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

179%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 193 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'178 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 193 of 334 in the canton · 1902 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:17'178 CHF(~17.2%)

LenkCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lenk	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.5%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.3%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.5%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 1991–20206.7 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)3.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'432 mm

6.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'240 m

Mean elevation

1'899 m

Relief

2'224 m

Mean slope

24°

Flat share

7.9%

South-facing

15.0%

Above 2000 m

36.7%

Relief 2'224 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

61.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

83.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

13'700

Per inhabitant

26'152 kWh/yr

62 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Lenk →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

0.03 %

Second homes

64.9 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

3'949

Built before 194629.3%

Built since 200114.0%

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

0.03 %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

1'789

Workplaces

316

Services share

65.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 256 (14.3%) · Secondary 364 (20.3%) · Tertiary 1'169 (65.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

22.1 %

Farmland

2'052 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 119 min · Car 88 min

AgglomerationPT 83 min · Car 65 min

Remoteness 12/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number792

Websitelenkgemeinde.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Lenk ranks

Largest municipalities2'352 #116 BE · #884 CH Growing municipalities1.3% #84 BE · #636 CH Shrinking municipalities1.3% #251 BE · #1468 CH Jobs per resident0.76 #25 BE · #174 CH Families & children18.4% #241 BE · #1591 CH Age structure27.5% #46 BE · #197 CH Women share50% #197 BE · #920 CH Foreign residents15.5% #87 BE · #1239 CH Population density19/km² #317 BE · #1983 CH Tax burden17'178 #200 BE · #1909 CH Taxes179% #193 BE Warmest municipalities6.7 °C #317 BE · #1879 CH Sunniest municipalities50.4% #2 BE · #223 CH Rainiest municipalities1'432 mm #33 BE · #313 CH Voter turnout54.8% #147 BE · #1241 CH Against Switzerland27.5% #29 BE · #122 CH Aligned with Switzerland72.5% #173 BE · #1317 CH SVP strongholds51.8% #88 BE · #193 CH SP strongholds5.7% #300 BE · #1894 CH Centre strongholds6.7% #211 BE · #1604 CH FDP strongholds8.8% #67 BE · #1519 CH GLP strongholds7.5% #169 BE · #652 CH Green strongholds4.6% #258 BE · #1610 CH Largest by area123 km² #8 BE · #51 CH Highest municipalities1'545 m #8 BE · #82 CH Second homes64.9% #3 BE · #74 CH Organic farming22.1% #58 BE · #566 CH Best-connected municipalities119 min #324 BE · #1921 CH Remotest municipalities119 min #12 BE · #187 CH Highest peaks3'240 m #7 BE · #81 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'899 m #7 BE · #107 CH Greatest vertical range2'224 m #11 BE · #143 CH Steepest municipalities24° #40 BE · #290 CH Solar potential62 GWh #28 BE · #227 CH Solar potential per capita26'152 kWh #11 BE · #78 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #161 BE · #655 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #248 BE · #1518 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Lenk im Simmental3775 Matten (St. Stephan)3773

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lenk?: Lenk has 2 postal codes: 3773, 3775.
What is the tax rate in Lenk?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lenk is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Lenk?: A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Lenk on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lenk have?: Lenk has 2'352 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lenk?: Lenk has 365 foreign residents, a share of 15.52% (2025).

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