What is the postal code of Lotzwil?

Lotzwil has 2 postal codes: 3368, 4932.

What is the tax rate in Lotzwil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Lotzwil is 170% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Lotzwil?

A single person without children pays about 16'886 CHF income tax in Lotzwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 138 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Lotzwil have?

Lotzwil has 2'841 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lotzwil?

Lotzwil has 514 foreign residents, a share of 18.09% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Lotzwil

3368–4932

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'391 49.0%

Men

1'450 51.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

572 20.1%

Swiss citizens

2'327 81.9%

Foreign residents

514 18.1%

Population density

457 pop./km²

0–19 · 572 · 20.1%20–64 · 1'666 · 58.6%65+ · 603 · 21.2%

Foreign residents 18.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +62 (+2.2%) · 12 births · 24 deaths · net migration +76

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 Lotzwil

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 Oberaargau: 22.2% Yes

22.3% YesNo 77.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.3% Yes

31.6% YesNo 68.4%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.1% Yes

36.2% YesNo 63.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 58.5% Yes

55.9% YesNo 44.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 57.9% Yes

51.7% YesNo 48.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 34.8% Yes

36.5% YesNo 63.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 46.2% Yes

47.6% YesNo 52.4%

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 Oberaargau: 20.9% Yes

24.6% YesNo 75.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 42.2% Yes

37.6% YesNo 62.4%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 39.8% Yes

36.4% YesNo 63.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP36.6% · strongest party

SVP36.6%

SP17.0%

GLP9.3%

EVP8.9%

FDP7.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier170%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

170%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 149 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'886 CHF(16.9%)

Rank 138 of 334 in the canton · 1790 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:16'886 CHF(~16.9%)

LotzwilCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lotzwil	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.9%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.8%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.2%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.3%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.1%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.9%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.9%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.6%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.4%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.2%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.9%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.3%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.7%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.9%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.9%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'123 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

654 m

Mean elevation

523 m

Relief

169 m

Mean slope

4.2°

Flat share

68.5%

South-facing

1.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 169 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

25 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'600

Per inhabitant

8'793 kWh/yr

25 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

30.92 Rp./kWh

Energy

14.2 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.48 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.5 Rp./kWh

30.92 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Gemeindebetriebe Lotzwil, Elektrizitätsversorgung

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 Lotzwil →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

2.97 %

Second homes

10.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

1'379

Built before 194632.3%

Built since 200119.5%

2.97 %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

954

Workplaces

127

Services share

47.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 40 (4.2%) · Secondary 465 (48.7%) · Tertiary 449 (47.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

217 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 64 min · Car 54 min

AgglomerationPT 16 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 163/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number331

Websitelotzwil.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Lotzwil ranks

Largest municipalities2'841 #92 BE · #758 CH Growing municipalities2.2% #30 BE · #295 CH Shrinking municipalities2.2% #305 BE · #1814 CH Jobs per resident0.34 #171 BE · #1072 CH Families & children20.1% #125 BE · #1102 CH Age structure21.2% #248 BE · #997 CH Women share49% #270 BE · #1500 CH Foreign residents18.1% #67 BE · #1037 CH Population density457/km² #58 BE · #542 CH Tax burden16'886 #144 BE · #1796 CH Taxes170% #149 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #117 BE · #1202 CH Sunniest municipalities40.8% #249 BE · #1474 CH Rainiest municipalities1'123 mm #186 BE · #964 CH Voter turnout51.3% #232 BE · #1660 CH Against Switzerland8.8% #151 BE · #1267 CH Aligned with Switzerland91.2% #42 BE · #166 CH SVP strongholds36.6% #236 BE · #861 CH SP strongholds17% #101 BE · #731 CH Centre strongholds7.2% #194 BE · #1543 CH FDP strongholds7.5% #110 BE · #1651 CH GLP strongholds9.3% #116 BE · #394 CH Green strongholds6.4% #179 BE · #1222 CH Largest by area6.2 km² #212 BE · #1366 CH Highest municipalities504 m #252 BE · #1187 CH Second homes10.4% #211 BE · #1143 CH Organic farming0% #258 BE · #1628 CH Best-connected municipalities64 min #167 BE · #896 CH Remotest municipalities64 min #163 BE · #1189 CH Highest peaks654 m #222 BE · #1345 CH Highest-lying municipalities523 m #243 BE · #1330 CH Greatest vertical range169 m #216 BE · #1496 CH Steepest municipalities4.2° #255 BE · #1707 CH Solar potential25 GWh #108 BE · #837 CH Solar potential per capita8'793 kWh #267 BE · #1298 CH Cheapest electricity30.92 Rp./kWh #294 BE · #1888 CH Most expensive electricity30.92 Rp./kWh #40 BE · #219 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Bleienbach3368 Lotzwil4932

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lotzwil?: Lotzwil has 2 postal codes: 3368, 4932.
What is the tax rate in Lotzwil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lotzwil is 170% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Lotzwil?: A single person without children pays about 16'886 CHF income tax in Lotzwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 138 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lotzwil have?: Lotzwil has 2'841 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lotzwil?: Lotzwil has 514 foreign residents, a share of 18.09% (2025).

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