What is the postal code of Lyssach?

Lyssach has 3 postal codes: 3324, 3421, 3422.

What is the tax rate in Lyssach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Lyssach is 139% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Lyssach?

A single person without children pays about 15'879 CHF income tax in Lyssach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 17 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Lyssach have?

Lyssach has 1'491 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lyssach?

Lyssach has 160 foreign residents, a share of 10.73% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE

Lyssach

3324–3422

BE CANTON3324 3421 3422

Residents

1'491

Area

6.1 km²

Population density

246 pop./km²

Elevation

516 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

139%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

751 50.4%

Men

740 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

294 19.7%

Swiss citizens

1'331 89.3%

Foreign residents

160 10.7%

Population density

246 pop./km²

0–19 · 294 · 19.7%20–64 · 858 · 57.5%65+ · 339 · 22.7%

Foreign residents 10.7%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Lyssach

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

56.4% YesNo 43.6%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

56.5% YesNo 43.5%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% Yes

41.2% YesNo 58.8%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

44.2% YesNo 55.8%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

22.7% YesNo 77.3%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

41.6% YesNo 58.4%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

37.8% YesNo 62.2%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

74.0% YesNo 26.0%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

46.4% YesNo 53.6%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert (Initiative für eine Zukunft)»Federal● Rejected · 21.7% Yes

14.4% YesNo 85.6%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP44.3% · strongest party

SVP44.3%

SP14.7%

Mitte10.5%

GLP10.2%

GRÜNE7.2%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier139%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

139%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 19 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'879 CHF(15.9%)

Rank 17 of 334 in the canton · 1210 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:15'879 CHF(~15.9%)

LyssachCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lyssach	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.3%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.1%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	14.9%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	15.9%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	16.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.5%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.1%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	19.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	25.5%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	26.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.4%	25.1–31.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'040 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

574 m

Mean elevation

520 m

Relief

70 m

Mean slope

1.8°

Flat share

92.8%

South-facing

2.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 70 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

27.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'000

27 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

30.83 Rp./kWh

Energy

14.9 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.2 Rp./kWh

30.83 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.35 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operator Genossenschaft Elektra, Jegenstorf

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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

2.88 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

730

Built before 194635.2%

Built since 200112.5%

2.88 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 34 min · Car 28 min

AgglomerationPT 15 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 312/334 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitelyssach.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities1'491 #151 BE · #1170 CH Families & children19.7% #154 BE · #1237 CH Age structure22.7% #194 BE · #718 CH Women share50.4% #147 BE · #669 CH Foreign residents10.7% #143 BE · #1649 CH Population density246/km² #100 BE · #897 CH Tax burden15'879 #19 BE · #1212 CH Taxes139% #19 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #123 BE · #1208 CH Sunniest municipalities41.5% #191 BE · #1210 CH Rainiest municipalities1'040 mm #274 BE · #1437 CH Voter turnout52.9% #164 BE · #1361 CH Against Switzerland14% #125 BE · #981 CH Aligned with Switzerland86% #75 BE · #437 CH SVP strongholds44.3% #152 BE · #437 CH SP strongholds14.7% #146 BE · #969 CH Centre strongholds10.5% #80 BE · #1144 CH FDP strongholds4.1% #236 BE · #1907 CH GLP strongholds10.2% #90 BE · #293 CH Green strongholds7.2% #147 BE · #1041 CH Largest by area6.1 km² #213 BE · #1380 CH Highest municipalities516 m #241 BE · #1135 CH Remotest municipalities34 min #312 BE · #1961 CH Best-connected municipalities34 min #22 BE · #133 CH Highest peaks574 m #269 BE · #1633 CH Highest-lying municipalities520 m #244 BE · #1341 CH Greatest vertical range70 m #298 BE · #1964 CH Steepest municipalities1.8° #319 BE · #2017 CH Solar potential27 GWh #100 BE · #761 CH Cheapest electricity30.83 Rp./kWh #270 BE · #1804 CH Most expensive electricity30.83 Rp./kWh #60 BE · #296 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Alchenflüh3422 Hindelbank3324 Lyssach3421

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lyssach?: Lyssach has 3 postal codes: 3324, 3421, 3422.
What is the tax rate in Lyssach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lyssach is 139% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Lyssach?: A single person without children pays about 15'879 CHF income tax in Lyssach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 17 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lyssach have?: Lyssach has 1'491 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lyssach?: Lyssach has 160 foreign residents, a share of 10.73% (2025).

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