What is the postal code of Pohlern?

The postal code of Pohlern is 3638.

What is the tax rate in Pohlern?

The municipal tax multiplier of Pohlern is 172% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Pohlern?

A single person without children pays about 16'951 CHF income tax in Pohlern on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 154 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Pohlern have?

Pohlern has 241 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Pohlern?

Pohlern has 10 foreign residents, a share of 4.15% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Pohlern

3638

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

122 50.6%

Men

119 49.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

45 18.7%

Swiss citizens

231 95.9%

Foreign residents

10 4.2%

Population density

24 pop./km²

0–19 · 45 · 18.7%20–64 · 151 · 62.7%65+ · 45 · 18.7%

Foreign residents 4.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −6 (−2.4%) · 2 births · 3 deaths · net migration −5

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 Pohlern

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 Thun: 27.2% Yes

11.6% YesNo 88.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 31.4% Yes

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 36.3% Yes

19.8% YesNo 80.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 56.1% Yes

67.7% YesNo 32.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 50.8% Yes

79.8% YesNo 20.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 41.4% Yes

14.8% YesNo 85.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 47.4% Yes

49.5% YesNo 50.5%

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 Thun: 25.2% Yes

16.2% YesNo 83.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.9% Yes

44.8% YesNo 55.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.0% Yes

43.1% YesNo 56.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP70.4% · strongest party

SVP70.4%

Mitte9.4%

FDP6.5%

EDU6.1%

GLP2.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier172%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

172%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 154 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'951 CHF(17%)

Rank 154 of 334 in the canton · 1823 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:16'951 CHF(~17%)

PohlernCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Pohlern	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.8%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.2%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.3%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.1%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.8%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.7%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.5%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.3%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.8%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.4%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.8%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29%	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 1991–20208.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'255 mm

8.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'054 m

Mean elevation

1'172 m

Relief

1'380 m

Mean slope

26.6°

Flat share

7.4%

South-facing

0.7%

Above 2000 m

0.3%

Relief 1'380 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

2.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

3.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

600

Per inhabitant

11'079 kWh/yr

3 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 Pohlern →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

0.81 %

Second homes

8.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

123

Built before 194648.0%

Built since 200110.6%

0.81 %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

40.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 23 (35.9%) · Secondary 15 (23.4%) · Tertiary 26 (40.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

168 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 71 min · Car 48 min

AgglomerationPT 34 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 129/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number936

Websitepohlern.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Pohlern ranks

Largest municipalities241 #307 BE · #1999 CH Growing municipalities-2.4% #312 BE · #2020 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.4% #23 BE · #89 CH Jobs per resident0.27 #244 BE · #1420 CH Families & children18.7% #225 BE · #1519 CH Age structure18.7% #316 BE · #1497 CH Women share50.6% #131 BE · #570 CH Foreign residents4.2% #289 BE · #2046 CH Population density24/km² #307 BE · #1940 CH Tax burden16'951 #154 BE · #1823 CH Taxes172% #154 BE Warmest municipalities8.4 °C #221 BE · #1597 CH Sunniest municipalities46.8% #40 BE · #474 CH Rainiest municipalities1'255 mm #104 BE · #576 CH Voter turnout52.7% #204 BE · #1499 CH SVP strongholds70.4% #6 BE · #8 CH SP strongholds2.1% #326 BE · #2019 CH Centre strongholds9.4% #115 BE · #1257 CH FDP strongholds6.5% #146 BE · #1747 CH GLP strongholds2.1% #313 BE · #1737 CH Green strongholds1.5% #326 BE · #1993 CH Largest by area9.9 km² #152 BE · #967 CH Highest municipalities710 m #119 BE · #580 CH Second homes8.9% #257 BE · #1406 CH Organic farming12.5% #150 BE · #1032 CH Best-connected municipalities71 min #210 BE · #1103 CH Remotest municipalities71 min #129 BE · #990 CH Highest peaks2'054 m #48 BE · #345 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'172 m #40 BE · #310 CH Greatest vertical range1'380 m #48 BE · #368 CH Steepest municipalities26.6° #26 BE · #205 CH Solar potential3 GWh #324 BE · #2060 CH Solar potential per capita11'079 kWh #207 BE · #900 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #194 BE · #688 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #281 BE · #1551 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3638

Pohlern

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Pohlern3638

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Pohlern?: The postal code of Pohlern is 3638.
What is the tax rate in Pohlern?: The municipal tax multiplier of Pohlern is 172% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Pohlern?: A single person without children pays about 16'951 CHF income tax in Pohlern on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 154 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Pohlern have?: Pohlern has 241 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Pohlern?: Pohlern has 10 foreign residents, a share of 4.15% (2025).

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