What is the postal code of Reutigen?

Reutigen has 2 postal codes: 3645, 3647.

What is the tax rate in Reutigen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Reutigen is 165% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Reutigen?

A single person without children pays about 16'723 CHF income tax in Reutigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Reutigen have?

Reutigen has 1'393 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Reutigen?

Reutigen has 125 foreign residents, a share of 8.97% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Reutigen

3645–3647

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

683 49.0%

Men

710 51.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

293 21.0%

Swiss citizens

1'268 91.0%

Foreign residents

125 9.0%

Population density

101 pop./km²

0–19 · 293 · 21.0%20–64 · 823 · 59.1%65+ · 277 · 19.9%

Foreign residents 9.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +0 (+0%) · 14 births · 10 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 Reutigen

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

18.9% YesNo 81.1%

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

45.0% YesNo 55.0%

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

23.3% YesNo 76.7%

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

66.6% YesNo 33.4%

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

64.9% YesNo 35.1%

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

28.9% YesNo 71.1%

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

38.3% YesNo 61.7%

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

13.9% YesNo 86.1%

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

51.7% YesNo 48.3%

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

49.7% YesNo 50.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP53.0% · strongest party

SVP53.0%

EDU10.1%

SP9.8%

Mitte6.5%

GLP5.3%

2023 result for today's territory: the party votes of Reutigen and Zwieselberg added together (merged on 01.01.2024).

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier165%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

165%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 113 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'723 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 110 of 334 in the canton · 1721 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:16'723 CHF(~16.7%)

ReutigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Reutigen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.8%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.6%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.9%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.8%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.6%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.1%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.5%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.7%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.6%	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 1991–20209 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'218 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'782 m

Mean elevation

849 m

Relief

1'213 m

Mean slope

18.6°

Flat share

27.9%

South-facing

8.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'213 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

15 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

18 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'300

Per inhabitant

10'782 kWh/yr

15 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 Reutigen →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

0.87 %

Second homes

9.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

686

Built before 194647.8%

Built since 200114.0%

0.87 %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

361

Workplaces

Services share

43.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 83 (23.0%) · Secondary 121 (33.5%) · Tertiary 157 (43.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

8.3 %

Farmland

551 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 60 min · Car 39 min

AgglomerationPT 25 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 192/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number767

Websitereutigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Reutigen ranks

Largest municipalities1'393 #159 BE · #1230 CH Growing municipalities0% #199 BE · #1402 CH Shrinking municipalities0% #139 BE · #676 CH Jobs per resident0.26 #249 BE · #1467 CH Families & children21% #84 BE · #805 CH Age structure19.9% #294 BE · #1252 CH Women share49% #274 BE · #1504 CH Foreign residents9% #183 BE · #1793 CH Population density101/km² #202 BE · #1461 CH Tax burden16'723 #116 BE · #1727 CH Taxes165% #113 BE Warmest municipalities9 °C #160 BE · #1347 CH Sunniest municipalities45.9% #50 BE · #570 CH Rainiest municipalities1'218 mm #128 BE · #656 CH Voter turnout57.4% #87 BE · #897 CH Against Switzerland27.5% #27 BE · #120 CH Aligned with Switzerland72.5% #171 BE · #1315 CH SVP strongholds53% #76 BE · #162 CH SP strongholds9.8% #238 BE · #1538 CH Centre strongholds6.5% #219 BE · #1629 CH FDP strongholds3.6% #261 BE · #1950 CH GLP strongholds5.3% #242 BE · #1119 CH Green strongholds4.2% #276 BE · #1697 CH Largest by area13.8 km² #120 BE · #708 CH Highest municipalities754 m #104 BE · #493 CH Second homes9.2% #247 BE · #1365 CH Organic farming8.3% #216 BE · #1338 CH Best-connected municipalities60 min #145 BE · #769 CH Remotest municipalities60 min #192 BE · #1329 CH Highest peaks1'782 m #54 BE · #395 CH Highest-lying municipalities849 m #114 BE · #558 CH Greatest vertical range1'213 m #54 BE · #407 CH Steepest municipalities18.6° #67 BE · #435 CH Solar potential15 GWh #187 BE · #1240 CH Solar potential per capita10'782 kWh #213 BE · #942 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #155 BE · #649 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #242 BE · #1512 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Reutigen3647 Zwieselberg3645

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Oberhofen am Thunersee

BE · 4.4 km

Hilterfingen

BE · 4.7 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Reutigen?: Reutigen has 2 postal codes: 3645, 3647.
What is the tax rate in Reutigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Reutigen is 165% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Reutigen?: A single person without children pays about 16'723 CHF income tax in Reutigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Reutigen have?: Reutigen has 1'393 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Reutigen?: Reutigen has 125 foreign residents, a share of 8.97% (2025).

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