What is the postal code of Petit-Val?

Petit-Val has 5 postal codes: 2712, 2715, 2716, 2717, 2748.

What is the tax rate in Petit-Val?

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

How much tax do you pay in Petit-Val?

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

How many residents does Petit-Val have?

Petit-Val has 464 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Petit-Val?

Petit-Val has 96 foreign residents, a share of 20.69% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Petit-Val

2712–2748

BE CANTON2712 2715 2716 2717+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

203 43.8%

Men

261 56.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

106 22.8%

Swiss citizens

368 79.3%

Foreign residents

96 20.7%

Population density

19 pop./km²

0–19 · 106 · 22.8%20–64 · 265 · 57.1%65+ · 93 · 20.0%

Foreign residents 20.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −20 (−4.1%) · 9 births · 4 deaths · net migration −36

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 Petit-Val

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 26.2% Yes

30.2% YesNo 69.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 34.8% Yes

42.7% YesNo 57.3%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 40.6% Yes

31.9% YesNo 68.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 47.9% Yes

45.0% YesNo 55.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 48.1% Yes

54.2% YesNo 45.8%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 44.5% Yes

31.6% YesNo 68.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.5% Yes

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 28.9% Yes

27.9% YesNo 72.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 42.3% Yes

41.1% YesNo 58.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.0% Yes

56.1% YesNo 43.9%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP54.3% · strongest party

SVP54.3%

SP14.3%

GRÜNE10.9%

EVP5.1%

FDP3.7%

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 203 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%)

Petit-ValCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Petit-Val	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 1991–20207.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'270 mm

7.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'273 m

Mean elevation

944 m

Relief

686 m

Mean slope

17.1°

Flat share

8.5%

South-facing

28.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 686 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

10.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

13.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'300

Per inhabitant

22'328 kWh/yr

10 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 Petit-Val →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

3.57 %

Second homes

17.4 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

224

Built before 194656.7%

Built since 20016.3%

3.57 %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

199

Workplaces

Services share

24.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 91 (45.7%) · Secondary 59 (29.6%) · Tertiary 49 (24.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

17.6 %

Farmland

980 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 115 min · Car 67 min

AgglomerationPT 63 min · Car 30 min

Remoteness 13/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number716

Websitepetit-val.ch ↗

DistrictArrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Petit-Val ranks

Largest municipalities464 #278 BE · #1834 CH Growing municipalities-4.1% #325 BE · #2079 CH Shrinking municipalities-4.1% #10 BE · #30 CH Jobs per resident0.43 #119 BE · #720 CH Families & children22.8% #26 BE · #345 CH Age structure20% #291 BE · #1239 CH Women share43.8% #331 BE · #2094 CH Foreign residents20.7% #45 BE · #799 CH Population density19/km² #316 BE · #1982 CH Tax burden17'178 #204 BE · #1913 CH Taxes179% #203 BE Warmest municipalities7.6 °C #278 BE · #1761 CH Sunniest municipalities41.2% #222 BE · #1313 CH Rainiest municipalities1'270 mm #93 BE · #541 CH Voter turnout62.9% #19 BE · #333 CH SVP strongholds54.3% #64 BE · #131 CH SP strongholds14.3% #155 BE · #1016 CH Centre strongholds2.3% #312 BE · #2037 CH FDP strongholds3.7% #258 BE · #1943 CH GLP strongholds3% #293 BE · #1582 CH Green strongholds10.9% #53 BE · #455 CH Largest by area23.9 km² #53 BE · #397 CH Highest municipalities843 m #70 BE · #371 CH Second homes17.4% #71 BE · #428 CH Organic farming17.6% #89 BE · #742 CH Best-connected municipalities115 min #322 BE · #1887 CH Remotest municipalities115 min #13 BE · #209 CH Highest peaks1'273 m #88 BE · #567 CH Highest-lying municipalities944 m #83 BE · #469 CH Greatest vertical range686 m #81 BE · #563 CH Steepest municipalities17.1° #76 BE · #488 CH Solar potential10 GWh #223 BE · #1525 CH Solar potential per capita22'328 kWh #16 BE · #131 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #136 BE · #630 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #223 BE · #1493 CH

Postal codes (5)

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Localities

swisstopo · 7

Châtelat2715 Fornet-Dessous2717 Le Fuet2712 Les Ecorcheresses2748 Monible2715 Sornetan2716 Souboz2748

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Petit-Val?: Petit-Val has 5 postal codes: 2712, 2715, 2716, 2717, 2748.
What is the tax rate in Petit-Val?: The municipal tax multiplier of Petit-Val is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Petit-Val?: A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Petit-Val on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Petit-Val have?: Petit-Val has 464 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Petit-Val?: Petit-Val has 96 foreign residents, a share of 20.69% (2025).

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