What is the postal code of Renan?

The postal code of Renan is 2616.

What is the tax rate in Renan?

The municipal tax multiplier of Renan is 204% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Renan?

A single person without children pays about 17'990 CHF income tax in Renan on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 327 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Renan have?

Renan has 935 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Renan?

Renan has 97 foreign residents, a share of 10.37% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Renan

2616

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

450 48.1%

Men

485 51.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

173 18.5%

Swiss citizens

838 89.6%

Foreign residents

97 10.4%

Population density

74 pop./km²

0–19 · 173 · 18.5%20–64 · 572 · 61.2%65+ · 190 · 20.3%

Foreign residents 10.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −22 (−2.3%) · 2 births · 11 deaths · net migration −13

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 Renan

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

26.6% YesNo 73.4%

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

35.5% YesNo 64.5%

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

42.2% YesNo 57.8%

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

46.1% YesNo 53.9%

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

50.4% YesNo 49.6%

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

45.3% YesNo 54.7%

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

53.2% YesNo 46.8%

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

33.0% YesNo 67.0%

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

40.5% YesNo 59.5%

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

57.1% YesNo 42.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP40.2% · strongest party

SVP40.2%

SP20.8%

GRÜNE17.1%

EVP5.5%

FDP5.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier204%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

204%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 329 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'990 CHF(18%)

Rank 327 of 334 in the canton · 2078 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:17'990 CHF(~18%)

RenanCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Renan	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.6%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.6%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	14.1%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	15.3%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	16.1%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	17%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	18%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.6%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	21.4%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	22.2%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	24.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	27.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	28.4%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	29.5%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	30.4%	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 1991–20206.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'336 mm

6.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'260 m

Mean elevation

1'000 m

Relief

432 m

Mean slope

13.5°

Flat share

11.0%

South-facing

24.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 432 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

11.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

15.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'500

Per inhabitant

11'850 kWh/yr

11 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

28.11 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

14.73 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.5 Rp./kWh

28.11 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Société des Forces Électriques de La Goule SA

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 Renan →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

2.55 %

Second homes

14.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

509

Built before 194657.2%

Built since 20017.5%

2.55 %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

257

Workplaces

Services share

65.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 60 (23.3%) · Secondary 28 (10.9%) · Tertiary 169 (65.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

19 %

Farmland

700 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 107 min · Car 75 min

AgglomerationPT 17 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 20/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number441

Websiterenan.ch ↗

DistrictArrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Renan ranks

Largest municipalities935 #203 BE · #1492 CH Growing municipalities-2.3% #311 BE · #2010 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.3% #24 BE · #99 CH Jobs per resident0.27 #238 BE · #1414 CH Families & children18.5% #234 BE · #1570 CH Age structure20.3% #280 BE · #1172 CH Women share48.1% #307 BE · #1833 CH Foreign residents10.4% #148 BE · #1668 CH Population density74/km² #243 BE · #1620 CH Tax burden17'990 #329 BE · #2080 CH Taxes204% #329 BE Warmest municipalities6.7 °C #315 BE · #1877 CH Sunniest municipalities43.3% #126 BE · #963 CH Rainiest municipalities1'336 mm #71 BE · #443 CH Voter turnout47.9% #289 BE · #1923 CH SVP strongholds40.2% #195 BE · #649 CH SP strongholds20.8% #51 BE · #405 CH Centre strongholds4.6% #274 BE · #1831 CH FDP strongholds5.2% #192 BE · #1839 CH GLP strongholds3.7% #278 BE · #1454 CH Green strongholds17.1% #10 BE · #59 CH Largest by area12.6 km² #129 BE · #764 CH Highest municipalities907 m #59 BE · #329 CH Second homes14.6% #112 BE · #619 CH Organic farming19% #74 BE · #689 CH Best-connected municipalities107 min #315 BE · #1808 CH Remotest municipalities107 min #20 BE · #288 CH Highest peaks1'260 m #91 BE · #574 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'000 m #65 BE · #419 CH Greatest vertical range432 m #128 BE · #771 CH Steepest municipalities13.5° #109 BE · #655 CH Solar potential11 GWh #215 BE · #1471 CH Solar potential per capita11'850 kWh #183 BE · #776 CH Cheapest electricity28.11 Rp./kWh #249 BE · #1364 CH Most expensive electricity28.11 Rp./kWh #86 BE · #744 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2616

Renan BE

Localities

swisstopo · 2

La Cibourg2300 2333 2616 Renan BE2616

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Renan?: The postal code of Renan is 2616.
What is the tax rate in Renan?: The municipal tax multiplier of Renan is 204% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Renan?: A single person without children pays about 17'990 CHF income tax in Renan on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 327 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Renan have?: Renan has 935 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Renan?: Renan has 97 foreign residents, a share of 10.37% (2025).

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