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Demographics

BFS · 2025
Women
1'217 49.6%
Men
1'237 50.4%
Children & youth (0–19)
503 20.5%
Swiss citizens
1'934 78.8%
Foreign residents
520 21.2%
Population density
297 pop./km²
0–19 · 503 · 20.5%20–64 · 1'401 · 57.1%65+ · 550 · 22.4%
Foreign residents 21.2%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: −52 (−2.1%) · 20 births · 40 deaths · net migration −50
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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 26.2% Yes
18.5% YesNo 81.5%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 34.8% Yes
37.3% YesNo 62.7%
27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 40.6% Yes
41.7% YesNo 58.3%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 47.9% Yes
53.7% YesNo 46.3%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 48.1% Yes
54.9% YesNo 45.1%
14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 44.5% Yes
36.1% YesNo 63.9%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.5% Yes
54.2% YesNo 45.8%
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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 28.9% Yes
22.2% YesNo 77.8%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 42.3% Yes
45.5% YesNo 54.5%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.0% Yes
54.5% YesNo 45.5%
All federal votes →
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023
SVP39.8% · strongest party
SVP39.8%
SP21.5%
FDP12.3%
EVP8.0%
GRÜNE7.2%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Municipal tax multiplier197%
Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%
197%BE range 89%220%
Tax rank 316 of 334 in canton Bern
Tax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
17'763 CHF(17.8%)
Rank 315 of 334 in the canton · 2062 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:17'763 CHF(~17.8%)
ReconvilierCanton range BernSwitzerland median
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Gross incomeReconvilierBernSwitzerland median
40'00010.5%8.3–10.9%5.4%
50'00012.4%9.8–13%7.8%
60'00013.9%11–14.5%10.5%
70'00015.1%12–15.7%11.9%
80'00015.9%12.6–16.5%13.1%
90'00016.8%13.4–17.5%14.1%
100'00017.8%14.3–18.5%15.3%
110'00018.6%15–19.4%16.3%
120'00019.5%15.8–20.3%17.2%
130'00020.4%16.5–21.2%18.1%
140'00021.2%17.2–22%19%
150'00021.9%17.9–22.8%19.7%
175'00023.8%19.5–24.7%21.6%
200'00025.4%20.9–26.3%23.2%
225'00026.8%22.2–27.8%24.6%
250'00028.1%23.3–29.1%25.8%
275'00029.2%24.3–30.2%26.8%
300'00030.1%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 1991–20207.8 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'311 mm
7.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m
Highest point
1'307 m
Mean elevation
879 m
Relief
587 m
Mean slope
10.6°
Flat share
19.3%
South-facing
13.7%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 587 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
24.3 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
31 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
5'400
Per inhabitant
9'906 kWh/yr
24 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
2.78 %
Second homes
16.9 %
Avg. rooms
3.8
Dwellings
1'332
Built before 194633.5%
Built since 200112.4%
2.78 %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
831
Workplaces
117
Services share
60.4 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 19 (2.3%) · Secondary 310 (37.3%) · Tertiary 502 (60.4%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025
Farms
6
Organic share
16.7 %
Farmland
176 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM
Major centrePT 91 min · Car 57 min
AgglomerationPT 52 min · Car 27 min
Remoteness 50/334 in canton
National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0
BFS municipality number703
Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities2'454 #110 BE · #860 CHGrowing municipalities-2.1% #306 BE · #1991 CHShrinking municipalities-2.1% #29 BE · #118 CHJobs per resident0.34 #179 BE · #1080 CHFamilies & children20.5% #100 BE · #963 CHAge structure22.4% #213 BE · #780 CHWomen share49.6% #233 BE · #1182 CHForeign residents21.2% #44 BE · #766 CHPopulation density297/km² #86 BE · #784 CHTax burden17'763 #315 BE · #2062 CHTaxes197% #316 BEWarmest municipalities7.8 °C #266 BE · #1735 CHSunniest municipalities42% #170 BE · #1125 CHRainiest municipalities1'311 mm #77 BE · #474 CHVoter turnout46.8% #301 BE · #1976 CHAgainst Switzerland19.6% #82 BE · #530 CHAligned with Switzerland80.4% #121 BE · #883 CHSVP strongholds39.8% #199 BE · #669 CHSP strongholds21.5% #41 BE · #356 CHCentre strongholds2.1% #314 BE · #2043 CHFDP strongholds12.3% #23 BE · #1115 CHGLP strongholds2.5% #302 BE · #1674 CHGreen strongholds7.2% #149 BE · #1046 CHLargest by area8.3 km² #171 BE · #1113 CHHighest municipalities799 m #89 BE · #433 CHSecond homes16.9% #80 BE · #450 CHOrganic farming16.7% #101 BE · #771 CHBest-connected municipalities91 min #285 BE · #1574 CHRemotest municipalities91 min #50 BE · #524 CHHighest peaks1'307 m #80 BE · #546 CHHighest-lying municipalities879 m #106 BE · #524 CHGreatest vertical range587 m #100 BE · #625 CHSteepest municipalities10.6° #145 BE · #876 CHSolar potential24 GWh #117 BE · #867 CHSolar potential per capita9'906 kWh #233 BE · #1084 CHCheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #127 BE · #621 CHMost expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #214 BE · #1484 CH

Localities

swisstopo · 2
What is the postal code of Reconvilier?
Reconvilier has 2 postal codes: 2710, 2732.
What is the tax rate in Reconvilier?
The municipal tax multiplier of Reconvilier is 197% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Reconvilier?
A single person without children pays about 17'763 CHF income tax in Reconvilier on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 315 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Reconvilier have?
Reconvilier has 2'454 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Reconvilier?
Reconvilier has 520 foreign residents, a share of 21.19% (2025).

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