What is the postal code of Merzligen?

The postal code of Merzligen is 3274.

What is the tax rate in Merzligen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Merzligen is 145% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Merzligen?

A single person without children pays about 16'074 CHF income tax in Merzligen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 27 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Merzligen have?

Merzligen has 405 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Merzligen?

Merzligen has 12 foreign residents, a share of 2.96% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Merzligen

3274

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

202 49.9%

Men

203 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

58 14.3%

Swiss citizens

393 97.0%

Foreign residents

12 3.0%

Population density

176 pop./km²

0–19 · 58 · 14.3%20–64 · 228 · 56.3%65+ · 119 · 29.4%

Foreign residents 3.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +2 (+0.5%) · 2 births · 7 deaths · net migration +6

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 Merzligen

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 Seeland: 22.8% Yes

32.6% YesNo 67.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

30.8% YesNo 69.2%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

33.0% YesNo 67.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

45.5% YesNo 54.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

52.7% YesNo 47.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

47.6% YesNo 52.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

49.8% YesNo 50.2%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

25.4% YesNo 74.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

38.4% YesNo 61.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

38.8% YesNo 61.2%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP31.1% · strongest party

SVP31.1%

SP13.7%

GRÜNE10.3%

FDP10.3%

GLP9.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier145%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

145%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 27 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'074 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 27 of 334 in the canton · 1303 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:16'074 CHF(~16.1%)

MerzligenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Merzligen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.4%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.2%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.5%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.6%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.1%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	16.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.7%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.5%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.3%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.2%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.6%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	25.8%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	26.8%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.7%	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 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'054 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

556 m

Mean elevation

475 m

Relief

117 m

Mean slope

3.3°

Flat share

69.1%

South-facing

5.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 117 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

4.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

6.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'100

Per inhabitant

11'753 kWh/yr

5 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 Merzligen →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

1.02 %

Second homes

9.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.4

Dwellings

196

Built before 194629.6%

Built since 200110.2%

1.02 %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

Workplaces

Services share

70 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 7 (14.0%) · Secondary 8 (16.0%) · Tertiary 35 (70.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

50 %

Farmland

78 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 66 min · Car 37 min

AgglomerationPT 22 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 151/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number741

Websitemerzligen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Merzligen ranks

Largest municipalities405 #286 BE · #1888 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #149 BE · #1100 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #186 BE · #1003 CH Jobs per resident0.12 #334 BE · #2051 CH Families & children14.3% #312 BE · #2012 CH Age structure29.4% #20 BE · #115 CH Women share49.9% #204 BE · #995 CH Foreign residents3% #309 BE · #2076 CH Population density176/km² #133 BE · #1102 CH Tax burden16'074 #29 BE · #1305 CH Taxes145% #27 BE Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #53 BE · #692 CH Sunniest municipalities40.3% #300 BE · #1671 CH Rainiest municipalities1'054 mm #255 BE · #1357 CH Voter turnout63.1% #16 BE · #311 CH SVP strongholds31.1% #279 BE · #1201 CH SP strongholds13.7% #164 BE · #1080 CH Centre strongholds9.2% #120 BE · #1278 CH FDP strongholds10.3% #39 BE · #1362 CH GLP strongholds9.8% #107 BE · #344 CH Green strongholds10.3% #62 BE · #521 CH Largest by area2.3 km² #311 BE · #1965 CH Highest municipalities509 m #246 BE · #1167 CH Second homes9.5% #241 BE · #1322 CH Organic farming50% #11 BE · #113 CH Best-connected municipalities66 min #184 BE · #961 CH Remotest municipalities66 min #151 BE · #1138 CH Highest peaks556 m #282 BE · #1694 CH Highest-lying municipalities475 m #281 BE · #1565 CH Greatest vertical range117 m #264 BE · #1749 CH Steepest municipalities3.3° #290 BE · #1859 CH Solar potential5 GWh #291 BE · #1939 CH Solar potential per capita11'753 kWh #184 BE · #784 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #144 BE · #638 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #231 BE · #1501 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3274

Merzligen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Merzligen3274

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Merzligen?: The postal code of Merzligen is 3274.
What is the tax rate in Merzligen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Merzligen is 145% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Merzligen?: A single person without children pays about 16'074 CHF income tax in Merzligen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 27 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Merzligen have?: Merzligen has 405 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Merzligen?: Merzligen has 12 foreign residents, a share of 2.96% (2025).

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