What is the postal code of Linden?

Linden has 4 postal codes: 3538, 3615, 3672, 3673.

What is the tax rate in Linden?

The municipal tax multiplier of Linden is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Linden?

A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Linden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Linden have?

Linden has 1'272 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Linden?

Linden has 45 foreign residents, a share of 3.54% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Linden

3538–3673

BE CANTON3538 3615 3672 3673

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

673 52.9%

Men

599 47.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

239 18.8%

Swiss citizens

1'227 96.5%

Foreign residents

45 3.5%

Population density

96 pop./km²

0–19 · 239 · 18.8%20–64 · 733 · 57.6%65+ · 300 · 23.6%

Foreign residents 3.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −3 (−0.2%) · 10 births · 17 deaths · net migration +3

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 Linden

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

17.6% YesNo 82.4%

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

53.7% YesNo 46.3%

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

19.1% YesNo 80.9%

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

64.5% YesNo 35.5%

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

77.1% YesNo 22.9%

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

18.4% YesNo 81.6%

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

33.2% YesNo 66.8%

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

13.0% YesNo 87.0%

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

53.4% YesNo 46.6%

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

54.8% YesNo 45.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP60.0% · strongest party

SVP60.0%

EDU11.2%

Mitte5.9%

SP5.3%

Übrige4.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier180%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

180%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 213 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'210 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 211 of 334 in the canton · 1922 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:17'210 CHF(~17.2%)

LindenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Linden	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	14.6%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.4%	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	18.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.8%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.6%	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	24.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.4%	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 1991–20207.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'387 mm

7.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'198 m

Mean elevation

976 m

Relief

486 m

Mean slope

13.3°

Flat share

13.3%

South-facing

32.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 486 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

19.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

24.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'300

Per inhabitant

15'189 kWh/yr

19 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

34.88 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.8 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

18.05 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

34.88 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator ELEKTRA ENERGIE Genossenschaft

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 Linden →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

1.52 %

Second homes

12.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

591

Built before 194648.6%

Built since 20019.5%

1.52 %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

574

Workplaces

133

Services share

46 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 158 (27.5%) · Secondary 152 (26.5%) · Tertiary 264 (46.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

1.9 %

Farmland

772 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 73 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 48 min · Car 28 min

Remoteness 113/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number614

Websitelinden.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Linden ranks

Largest municipalities1'272 #171 BE · #1283 CH Growing municipalities-0.2% #214 BE · #1543 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.2% #121 BE · #563 CH Jobs per resident0.45 #106 BE · #656 CH Families & children18.8% #219 BE · #1493 CH Age structure23.6% #155 BE · #561 CH Women share52.9% #7 BE · #41 CH Foreign residents3.5% #298 BE · #2064 CH Population density96/km² #211 BE · #1499 CH Tax burden17'210 #222 BE · #1933 CH Taxes180% #213 BE Warmest municipalities7.6 °C #277 BE · #1760 CH Sunniest municipalities44.4% #86 BE · #749 CH Rainiest municipalities1'387 mm #48 BE · #371 CH Voter turnout51.9% #224 BE · #1598 CH Against Switzerland34.3% #6 BE · #17 CH Aligned with Switzerland65.7% #193 BE · #1437 CH SVP strongholds60% #34 BE · #53 CH SP strongholds5.3% #303 BE · #1920 CH Centre strongholds5.9% #239 BE · #1694 CH FDP strongholds2.8% #285 BE · #1990 CH GLP strongholds3.5% #284 BE · #1484 CH Green strongholds3.5% #290 BE · #1808 CH Largest by area13.2 km² #126 BE · #739 CH Highest municipalities916 m #57 BE · #322 CH Second homes12.4% #155 BE · #849 CH Organic farming1.9% #254 BE · #1590 CH Best-connected municipalities73 min #220 BE · #1175 CH Remotest municipalities73 min #113 BE · #920 CH Highest peaks1'198 m #103 BE · #608 CH Highest-lying municipalities976 m #69 BE · #436 CH Greatest vertical range486 m #119 BE · #704 CH Steepest municipalities13.3° #113 BE · #673 CH Solar potential19 GWh #150 BE · #1046 CH Solar potential per capita15'189 kWh #93 BE · #407 CH Cheapest electricity34.88 Rp./kWh #330 BE · #2078 CH Most expensive electricity34.88 Rp./kWh #4 BE · #29 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

3538

Röthenbach im Emmental

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Heimenschwand3615 Linden3673 Oberdiessbach3672 Röthenbach im Emmental3538

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Röthenbach im Emmental

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Linden?: Linden has 4 postal codes: 3538, 3615, 3672, 3673.
What is the tax rate in Linden?: The municipal tax multiplier of Linden is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Linden?: A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Linden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Linden have?: Linden has 1'272 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Linden?: Linden has 45 foreign residents, a share of 3.54% (2025).

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