What is the postal code of Reichenbach im Kandertal?

Reichenbach im Kandertal has 5 postal codes: 3711, 3713, 3714, 3722, 3723.

What is the tax rate in Reichenbach im Kandertal?

The municipal tax multiplier of Reichenbach im Kandertal is 177% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Reichenbach im Kandertal?

A single person without children pays about 17'113 CHF income tax in Reichenbach im Kandertal on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 188 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Reichenbach im Kandertal have?

Reichenbach im Kandertal has 3'850 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Reichenbach im Kandertal?

Reichenbach im Kandertal has 276 foreign residents, a share of 7.17% (2025).

Reichenbach im Kandertal (BE): Postal Codes 3711

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'950 50.6%

Men

1'900 49.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

841 21.8%

Swiss citizens

3'574 92.8%

Foreign residents

276 7.2%

Population density

31 pop./km²

0–19 · 841 · 21.8%20–64 · 2'113 · 54.9%65+ · 896 · 23.3%

Foreign residents 7.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +58 (+1.5%) · 32 births · 47 deaths · net migration +82

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 Reichenbach im Kandertal

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 20.3% Yes

18.7% YesNo 81.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 42.4% Yes

47.5% YesNo 52.5%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 28.9% Yes

23.3% YesNo 76.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.4% Yes

63.9% YesNo 36.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.1% Yes

71.4% YesNo 28.6%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 31.7% Yes

25.2% YesNo 74.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 38.4% Yes

34.5% YesNo 65.5%

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 19.0% Yes

15.3% YesNo 84.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 48.0% Yes

48.3% YesNo 51.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 46.6% Yes

51.0% YesNo 49.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP52.6% · strongest party

SVP52.6%

GLP10.6%

EDU9.7%

SP7.3%

Mitte5.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier177%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

177%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 188 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'113 CHF(17.1%)

Rank 188 of 334 in the canton · 1893 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:17'113 CHF(~17.1%)

Reichenbach im KandertalCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Reichenbach im Kandertal	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.9%	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	16.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.1%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.2%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.2%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.3%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.2%	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 1991–20208.2 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'240 mm

8.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'575 m

Mean elevation

1'700 m

Relief

2'887 m

Mean slope

29°

Flat share

3.3%

South-facing

18.8%

Above 2000 m

31.8%

Relief 2'887 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

55.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

73.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

12'400

Per inhabitant

14'522 kWh/yr

56 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Reichenbach im Kandertal →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 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

0.34 %

Second homes

19 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

2'625

Built before 194633.5%

Built since 200113.2%

0.34 %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

1'449

Workplaces

365

Services share

50.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 288 (19.9%) · Secondary 432 (29.8%) · Tertiary 729 (50.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

101

Organic share

46.5 %

Farmland

1'607 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 63 min · Car 41 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 170/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number567

Websitereichenbach.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Reichenbach im Kandertal ranks

37

Largest municipalities3'850 #63 BE · #581 CH Growing municipalities1.5% #66 BE · #513 CH Shrinking municipalities1.5% #268 BE · #1586 CH Jobs per resident0.38 #147 BE · #912 CH Families & children21.8% #52 BE · #582 CH Age structure23.3% #166 BE · #609 CH Women share50.6% #128 BE · #567 CH Foreign residents7.2% #225 BE · #1913 CH Population density31/km² #295 BE · #1891 CH Tax burden17'113 #189 BE · #1894 CH Taxes177% #188 BE Warmest municipalities8.2 °C #232 BE · #1654 CH Sunniest municipalities47.3% #28 BE · #397 CH Rainiest municipalities1'240 mm #112 BE · #604 CH Voter turnout54.2% #163 BE · #1324 CH Against Switzerland30.4% #18 BE · #55 CH Aligned with Switzerland69.6% #183 BE · #1391 CH SVP strongholds52.6% #79 BE · #174 CH SP strongholds7.3% #272 BE · #1751 CH Centre strongholds5.3% #256 BE · #1758 CH FDP strongholds4.5% #219 BE · #1886 CH GLP strongholds10.6% #72 BE · #245 CH Green strongholds3.6% #286 BE · #1790 CH Largest by area125.8 km² #7 BE · #48 CH Highest municipalities1'081 m #30 BE · #214 CH Second homes19% #54 BE · #358 CH Organic farming46.5% #14 BE · #158 CH Best-connected municipalities63 min #162 BE · #868 CH Remotest municipalities63 min #170 BE · #1221 CH Highest peaks3'575 m #6 BE · #41 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'700 m #9 BE · #156 CH Greatest vertical range2'887 m #5 BE · #28 CH Steepest municipalities29° #17 BE · #119 CH Solar potential56 GWh #33 BE · #268 CH Solar potential per capita14'522 kWh #108 BE · #469 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #86 BE · #580 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #173 BE · #1443 CH

Postal codes (5)

swisstopo

3711

Mülenen

3713

Reichenbach im Kandertal

Localities

swisstopo · 5

Kiental3723 Mülenen3711 Reichenbach im Kandertal3713 Scharnachtal3722 Wengi b. Frutigen3714

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Erlenbach im Simmental

BE · 8.1 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Reichenbach im Kandertal?: Reichenbach im Kandertal has 5 postal codes: 3711, 3713, 3714, 3722, 3723.
What is the tax rate in Reichenbach im Kandertal?: The municipal tax multiplier of Reichenbach im Kandertal is 177% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Reichenbach im Kandertal?: A single person without children pays about 17'113 CHF income tax in Reichenbach im Kandertal on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 188 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Reichenbach im Kandertal have?: Reichenbach im Kandertal has 3'850 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Reichenbach im Kandertal?: Reichenbach im Kandertal has 276 foreign residents, a share of 7.17% (2025).

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