What is the postal code of Münchenbuchsee?

Münchenbuchsee has 2 postal codes: 3052, 3053.

What is the tax rate in Münchenbuchsee?

The municipal tax multiplier of Münchenbuchsee is 164% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Münchenbuchsee?

A single person without children pays about 16'691 CHF income tax in Münchenbuchsee on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 99 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Münchenbuchsee have?

Münchenbuchsee has 10'751 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Münchenbuchsee?

Münchenbuchsee has 2'368 foreign residents, a share of 22.03% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Münchenbuchsee

3052–3053

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'509 51.2%

Men

5'242 48.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'150 20.0%

Swiss citizens

8'383 78.0%

Foreign residents

2'368 22.0%

Population density

921 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'150 · 20.0%20–64 · 6'153 · 57.2%65+ · 2'448 · 22.8%

Foreign residents 22.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +55 (+0.5%) · 92 births · 87 deaths · net migration +49

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 Münchenbuchsee

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

26.9% YesNo 73.1%

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

20.8% YesNo 79.2%

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

44.2% YesNo 55.8%

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

48.3% YesNo 51.7%

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

39.3% YesNo 60.7%

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

55.8% YesNo 44.2%

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

59.7% YesNo 40.3%

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

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

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

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

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

31.3% YesNo 68.7%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP28.0% · strongest party

SVP28.0%

SP22.9%

GLP11.4%

Mitte9.5%

GRÜNE9.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier164%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

164%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 100 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'691 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 99 of 334 in the canton · 1689 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:16'691 CHF(~16.7%)

MünchenbuchseeCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Münchenbuchsee	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.8%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.6%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.9%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.4%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.7%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.6%	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 1991–20201'038 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

674 m

Mean elevation

579 m

Relief

152 m

Mean slope

4°

Flat share

74.0%

South-facing

5.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 152 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

70.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

92.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

15'600

Per inhabitant

6'539 kWh/yr

70 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 range H4

25.29–30.15 Rp./kWh

27.72 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators BKW Energie AG · Energie Münchenbuchsee AG

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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 Münchenbuchsee →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

0.77 %

Second homes

7.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

5'297

Built before 194615.9%

Built since 200118.8%

0.77 %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

5'263

Workplaces

534

Services share

85.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 60 (1.1%) · Secondary 721 (13.7%) · Tertiary 4'482 (85.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

19 %

Farmland

492 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 32 min · Car 22 min

AgglomerationPT 28 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 318/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number546

Head of governmentManfred Waibel

Websitemuenchenbuchsee.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Münchenbuchsee ranks

Largest municipalities10'751 #17 BE · #161 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #147 BE · #1094 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #187 BE · #1010 CH Jobs per resident0.49 #87 BE · #552 CH Families & children20% #132 BE · #1131 CH Age structure22.8% #189 BE · #705 CH Women share51.2% #67 BE · #306 CH Foreign residents22% #37 BE · #710 CH Population density921/km² #26 BE · #257 CH Tax burden16'691 #104 BE · #1694 CH Taxes164% #100 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #129 BE · #1214 CH Sunniest municipalities42.6% #149 BE · #1042 CH Rainiest municipalities1'038 mm #277 BE · #1446 CH Voter turnout55.1% #135 BE · #1192 CH Against Switzerland5.9% #185 BE · #1396 CH Aligned with Switzerland94.1% #18 BE · #47 CH SVP strongholds28% #296 BE · #1399 CH SP strongholds22.9% #23 BE · #268 CH Centre strongholds9.5% #114 BE · #1253 CH FDP strongholds6.9% #134 BE · #1720 CH GLP strongholds11.4% #53 BE · #188 CH Green strongholds9.3% #81 BE · #663 CH Largest by area11.7 km² #135 BE · #836 CH Highest municipalities563 m #202 BE · #953 CH Second homes7.2% #305 BE · #1776 CH Organic farming19% #75 BE · #690 CH Best-connected municipalities32 min #16 BE · #102 CH Remotest municipalities32 min #318 BE · #1993 CH Highest peaks674 m #218 BE · #1284 CH Highest-lying municipalities579 m #206 BE · #1096 CH Greatest vertical range152 m #229 BE · #1579 CH Steepest municipalities4° #267 BE · #1738 CH Solar potential70 GWh #22 BE · #181 CH Solar potential per capita6'539 kWh #308 BE · #1751 CH Cheapest electricity27.72 Rp./kWh #238 BE · #1194 CH Most expensive electricity27.72 Rp./kWh #96 BE · #913 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Diemerswil3053 Münchenbuchsee3053 Zollikofen3052

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee

BE · 3.5 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Münchenbuchsee?: Münchenbuchsee has 2 postal codes: 3052, 3053.
What is the tax rate in Münchenbuchsee?: The municipal tax multiplier of Münchenbuchsee is 164% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Münchenbuchsee?: A single person without children pays about 16'691 CHF income tax in Münchenbuchsee on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 99 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Münchenbuchsee have?: Münchenbuchsee has 10'751 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Münchenbuchsee?: Münchenbuchsee has 2'368 foreign residents, a share of 22.03% (2025).

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