What is the postal code of Meinisberg?

The postal code of Meinisberg is 2554.

What is the tax rate in Meinisberg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Meinisberg is 195% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Meinisberg?

A single person without children pays about 17'698 CHF income tax in Meinisberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 311 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Meinisberg have?

Meinisberg has 1'513 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Meinisberg?

Meinisberg has 214 foreign residents, a share of 14.14% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Meinisberg

2554

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

757 50.0%

Men

756 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

336 22.2%

Swiss citizens

1'299 85.9%

Foreign residents

214 14.1%

Population density

345 pop./km²

0–19 · 336 · 22.2%20–64 · 873 · 57.7%65+ · 304 · 20.1%

Foreign residents 14.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +60 (+4.1%) · 10 births · 15 deaths · net migration +65

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 Meinisberg

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 Biel/Bienne: 35.0% Yes

22.1% YesNo 78.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 24.0% Yes

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 43.6% Yes

30.0% YesNo 70.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 44.6% Yes

56.2% YesNo 43.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 39.2% Yes

59.9% YesNo 40.1%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 52.4% Yes

34.2% YesNo 65.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 62.3% Yes

47.5% YesNo 52.5%

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 Biel/Bienne: 37.1% Yes

19.9% YesNo 80.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 33.9% Yes

48.4% YesNo 51.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 36.5% Yes

42.8% YesNo 57.3%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP41.5% · strongest party

SVP41.5%

SP16.8%

Mitte8.9%

GRÜNE6.7%

FDP6.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier195%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

195%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 312 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'698 CHF(17.7%)

Rank 311 of 334 in the canton · 2058 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:17'698 CHF(~17.7%)

MeinisbergCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Meinisberg	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.4%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.4%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.8%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	15%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.6%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.5%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	21.1%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.9%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.3%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.7%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	28%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	29.1%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	30%	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 1991–20209.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'025 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

562 m

Mean elevation

461 m

Relief

135 m

Mean slope

5.3°

Flat share

66.7%

South-facing

16.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 135 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

13.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'100

Per inhabitant

9'095 kWh/yr

14 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Meinisberg →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

2.82 %

Second homes

7.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

674

Built before 194620.3%

Built since 200123.7%

2.82 %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

259

Workplaces

Services share

62.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 23 (8.9%) · Secondary 73 (28.2%) · Tertiary 163 (62.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10 %

Farmland

197 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 73 min · Car 48 min

AgglomerationPT 27 min · Car 13 min

Remoteness 112/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number390

Websitemeinisberg.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Meinisberg ranks

Largest municipalities1'513 #150 BE · #1161 CH Growing municipalities4.1% #10 BE · #87 CH Shrinking municipalities4.1% #325 BE · #2022 CH Jobs per resident0.17 #309 BE · #1893 CH Families & children22.2% #39 BE · #490 CH Age structure20.1% #289 BE · #1221 CH Women share50% #187 BE · #910 CH Foreign residents14.1% #104 BE · #1353 CH Population density345/km² #77 BE · #697 CH Tax burden17'698 #312 BE · #2059 CH Taxes195% #312 BE Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #56 BE · #775 CH Sunniest municipalities40% #324 BE · #1864 CH Rainiest municipalities1'025 mm #299 BE · #1513 CH Voter turnout52.4% #212 BE · #1542 CH Against Switzerland15% #111 BE · #891 CH Aligned with Switzerland85% #90 BE · #567 CH SVP strongholds41.5% #184 BE · #585 CH SP strongholds16.8% #107 BE · #760 CH Centre strongholds8.9% #126 BE · #1313 CH FDP strongholds6.7% #136 BE · #1730 CH GLP strongholds5.7% #225 BE · #1023 CH Green strongholds6.7% #162 BE · #1157 CH Largest by area4.4 km² #250 BE · #1638 CH Highest municipalities445 m #305 BE · #1568 CH Second homes7.5% #297 BE · #1730 CH Organic farming10% #183 BE · #1211 CH Best-connected municipalities73 min #219 BE · #1174 CH Remotest municipalities73 min #112 BE · #919 CH Highest peaks562 m #277 BE · #1674 CH Highest-lying municipalities461 m #300 BE · #1658 CH Greatest vertical range135 m #249 BE · #1668 CH Steepest municipalities5.3° #232 BE · #1509 CH Solar potential14 GWh #198 BE · #1300 CH Solar potential per capita9'095 kWh #259 BE · #1236 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #56 BE · #550 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #143 BE · #1413 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2554

Meinisberg

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Meinisberg2554

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Meinisberg?: The postal code of Meinisberg is 2554.
What is the tax rate in Meinisberg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Meinisberg is 195% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Meinisberg?: A single person without children pays about 17'698 CHF income tax in Meinisberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 311 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Meinisberg have?: Meinisberg has 1'513 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Meinisberg?: Meinisberg has 214 foreign residents, a share of 14.14% (2025).

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