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Demographics

BFS · 2025
Women
329 50.0%
Men
329 50.0%
Children & youth (0–19)
127 19.3%
Swiss citizens
616 93.6%
Foreign residents
42 6.4%
Population density
194 pop./km²
0–19 · 127 · 19.3%20–64 · 415 · 63.1%65+ · 116 · 17.6%
Foreign residents 6.4%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: −2 (−0.3%) · 0 births · 6 deaths · net migration +2
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
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
21.1% YesNo 78.9%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes
35.7% YesNo 64.3%
27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes
31.4% YesNo 68.6%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes
58.1% YesNo 41.9%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes
53.9% YesNo 46.2%
14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes
37.0% YesNo 63.0%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes
45.2% YesNo 54.8%
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
21.2% YesNo 78.8%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes
36.8% YesNo 63.2%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes
39.5% YesNo 60.5%
All federal votes →
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023
SVP38.0% · strongest party
SVP38.0%
GLP13.8%
SP12.6%
GRÜNE9.2%
Mitte8.8%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Municipal tax multiplier150%
Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%
150%BE range 89%220%
Tax rank 42 of 334 in canton Bern
Tax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
16'236 CHF(16.2%)
Rank 36 of 334 in the canton · 1407 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
0%9%18%26%35%40k50k100k150k200k250k300k
100'000 CHF:16'236 CHF(~16.2%)
OppligenCanton range BernSwitzerland median
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Gross incomeOppligenBernSwitzerland median
40'0009.5%8.3–10.9%5.4%
50'00011.3%9.8–13%7.8%
60'00012.6%11–14.5%10.5%
70'00013.7%12–15.7%11.9%
80'00014.5%12.6–16.5%13.1%
90'00015.3%13.4–17.5%14.1%
100'00016.2%14.3–18.5%15.3%
110'00017.1%15–19.4%16.3%
120'00017.9%15.8–20.3%17.2%
130'00018.7%16.5–21.2%18.1%
140'00019.5%17.2–22%19%
150'00020.2%17.9–22.8%19.7%
175'00021.9%19.5–24.7%21.6%
200'00023.4%20.9–26.3%23.2%
225'00024.8%22.2–27.8%24.6%
250'00026%23.3–29.1%25.8%
275'00027%24.3–30.2%26.8%
300'00027.9%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 1991–20209.1 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'073 mm
9.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m
Highest point
620 m
Mean elevation
567 m
Relief
72 m
Mean slope
3.3°
Flat share
80.4%
South-facing
3.5%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 72 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
Roof potential
6.8 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
9.1 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
1'500
Per inhabitant
10'258 kWh/yr
7 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
Premium regionRegion 2
Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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
10.9 %
Avg. rooms
4
Dwellings
330
Built before 194641.5%
Built since 200125.2%
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
216
Workplaces
47
Services share
33.8 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 71 (32.9%) · Secondary 72 (33.3%) · Tertiary 73 (33.8%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025
Farms
11
Organic share
18.2 %
Farmland
200 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM
Major centrePT 55 min · Car 26 min
AgglomerationPT 29 min · Car 16 min
Remoteness 211/334 in canton
National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0
BFS municipality number622
Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities658 #237 BE · #1680 CHGrowing municipalities-0.3% #221 BE · #1565 CHShrinking municipalities-0.3% #115 BE · #545 CHJobs per resident0.33 #189 BE · #1124 CHFamilies & children19.3% #194 BE · #1358 CHAge structure17.6% #326 BE · #1691 CHWomen share50% #192 BE · #915 CHForeign residents6.4% #241 BE · #1957 CHPopulation density194/km² #125 BE · #1045 CHTax burden16'236 #42 BE · #1413 CHTaxes150% #42 BEWarmest municipalities9.1 °C #147 BE · #1289 CHSunniest municipalities44.7% #80 BE · #705 CHRainiest municipalities1'073 mm #236 BE · #1258 CHVoter turnout56% #116 BE · #1083 CHSVP strongholds38% #221 BE · #765 CHSP strongholds12.6% #181 BE · #1208 CHCentre strongholds8.8% #140 BE · #1336 CHFDP strongholds3.8% #251 BE · #1935 CHGLP strongholds13.8% #15 BE · #61 CHGreen strongholds9.2% #86 BE · #675 CHLargest by area3.4 km² #286 BE · #1804 CHHighest municipalities561 m #205 BE · #964 CHSecond homes10.9% #198 BE · #1063 CHOrganic farming18.2% #87 BE · #724 CHBest-connected municipalities55 min #126 BE · #619 CHRemotest municipalities55 min #211 BE · #1480 CHHighest peaks620 m #230 BE · #1461 CHHighest-lying municipalities567 m #214 BE · #1137 CHGreatest vertical range72 m #295 BE · #1952 CHSteepest municipalities3.3° #289 BE · #1858 CHSolar potential7 GWh #269 BE · #1775 CHSolar potential per capita10'258 kWh #222 BE · #1026 CHCheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #106 BE · #600 CHMost expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #193 BE · #1463 CH

Localities

swisstopo · 1
What is the postal code of Oppligen?
The postal code of Oppligen is 3629.
What is the tax rate in Oppligen?
The municipal tax multiplier of Oppligen is 150% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Oppligen?
A single person without children pays about 16'236 CHF income tax in Oppligen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 36 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Oppligen have?
Oppligen has 658 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Oppligen?
Oppligen has 42 foreign residents, a share of 6.38% (2025).

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