What is the postal code of Müntschemier?

The postal code of Müntschemier is 3225.

What is the tax rate in Müntschemier?

The municipal tax multiplier of Müntschemier is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Müntschemier?

A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Müntschemier on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Müntschemier have?

Müntschemier has 1'683 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Müntschemier?

Müntschemier has 591 foreign residents, a share of 35.12% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Müntschemier

3225

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

829 49.3%

Men

854 50.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

377 22.4%

Swiss citizens

1'092 64.9%

Foreign residents

591 35.1%

Population density

346 pop./km²

0–19 · 377 · 22.4%20–64 · 1'029 · 61.1%65+ · 277 · 16.5%

Foreign residents 35.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +31 (+1.9%) · 17 births · 13 deaths · net migration +31

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 Müntschemier

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

18.3% YesNo 81.7%

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

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

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

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

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

67.9% YesNo 32.1%

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

60.5% YesNo 39.5%

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

36.1% YesNo 63.9%

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

43.7% YesNo 56.3%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

18.6% YesNo 81.4%

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

44.4% YesNo 55.6%

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

40.6% YesNo 59.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP52.8% · strongest party

SVP52.8%

Mitte10.1%

EVP7.5%

SP7.1%

FDP6.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier179%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

179%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 206 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'178 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 193 of 334 in the canton · 1902 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:17'178 CHF(~17.2%)

MüntschemierCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Müntschemier	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.5%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.3%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.5%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 1991–202010.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020978 mm

10.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

476 m

Mean elevation

439 m

Relief

45 m

Mean slope

1.5°

Flat share

94.8%

South-facing

2.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 45 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

30.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

36.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'800

Per inhabitant

18'283 kWh/yr

31 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 Müntschemier →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 %

Second homes

12.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

779

Built before 194629.8%

Built since 200126.6%

0 %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

996

Workplaces

Services share

71.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 83 (8.3%) · Secondary 201 (20.2%) · Tertiary 712 (71.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

373 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 49 min · Car 27 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 254/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number498

Websitemuentschemier.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Müntschemier ranks

Largest municipalities1'683 #141 BE · #1081 CH Growing municipalities1.9% #44 BE · #384 CH Shrinking municipalities1.9% #291 BE · #1721 CH Jobs per resident0.59 #49 BE · #353 CH Families & children22.4% #35 BE · #436 CH Age structure16.5% #332 BE · #1844 CH Women share49.3% #253 BE · #1360 CH Foreign residents35.1% #3 BE · #155 CH Population density346/km² #76 BE · #695 CH Tax burden17'178 #202 BE · #1911 CH Taxes179% #206 BE Warmest municipalities10.5 °C #5 BE · #210 CH Sunniest municipalities41.2% #215 BE · #1306 CH Rainiest municipalities978 mm #324 BE · #1721 CH Voter turnout57.6% #80 BE · #869 CH Against Switzerland19.6% #80 BE · #528 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.4% #119 BE · #881 CH SVP strongholds52.8% #78 BE · #167 CH SP strongholds7.1% #277 BE · #1777 CH Centre strongholds10.1% #92 BE · #1189 CH FDP strongholds6.7% #137 BE · #1731 CH GLP strongholds6.5% #199 BE · #852 CH Green strongholds4.8% #246 BE · #1569 CH Largest by area4.9 km² #234 BE · #1554 CH Highest municipalities438 m #316 BE · #1628 CH Second homes12.6% #151 BE · #828 CH Organic farming12.5% #144 BE · #1026 CH Best-connected municipalities49 min #81 BE · #426 CH Remotest municipalities49 min #254 BE · #1664 CH Highest peaks476 m #324 BE · #1961 CH Highest-lying municipalities439 m #326 BE · #1801 CH Greatest vertical range45 m #319 BE · #2049 CH Steepest municipalities1.5° #323 BE · #2046 CH Solar potential31 GWh #89 BE · #652 CH Solar potential per capita18'283 kWh #46 BE · #243 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #76 BE · #570 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #163 BE · #1433 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3225

Müntschemier

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Müntschemier3225

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Müntschemier?: The postal code of Müntschemier is 3225.
What is the tax rate in Müntschemier?: The municipal tax multiplier of Müntschemier is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Müntschemier?: A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Müntschemier on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Müntschemier have?: Müntschemier has 1'683 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Müntschemier?: Müntschemier has 591 foreign residents, a share of 35.12% (2025).

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