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

Reutigen

3645–3647

BE CANTON3645 3647

Residents

1'393

Area

13.8 km²

Population density

101 pop./km²

Elevation

754 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

1'782 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

165%

Postal codes

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

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%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Reutigen

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

66.6% YesNo 33.4%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

64.9% YesNo 35.1%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% Yes

28.9% YesNo 71.1%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

38.3% YesNo 61.7%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

13.9% YesNo 86.1%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

51.7% YesNo 48.3%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

49.7% YesNo 50.4%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

68.9% YesNo 31.1%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

54.1% YesNo 46.0%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert (Initiative für eine Zukunft)»Federal● Rejected · 21.7% Yes

11.0% YesNo 89.1%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP54.2% · strongest party

SVP54.2%

EDU10.0%

SP8.6%

Mitte7.5%

GLP4.5%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

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 31.08.2026

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

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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

27.7 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.89 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.25 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

27.7 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.35 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.87 %

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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

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 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitereutigen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities1'393 #159 BE · #1230 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 turnout55.6% #93 BE · #989 CH Against Switzerland28% #27 BE · #118 CH Aligned with Switzerland72% #171 BE · #1320 CH SVP strongholds54.2% #67 BE · #136 CH SP strongholds8.6% #254 BE · #1633 CH Centre strongholds7.5% #185 BE · #1496 CH FDP strongholds3.8% #252 BE · #1931 CH GLP strongholds4.5% #262 BE · #1296 CH Green strongholds4.5% #263 BE · #1628 CH Largest by area13.8 km² #120 BE · #708 CH Highest municipalities754 m #104 BE · #491 CH Remotest municipalities60 min #192 BE · #1329 CH Best-connected municipalities60 min #145 BE · #769 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 Cheapest electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #155 BE · #915 CH Most expensive electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #242 BE · #1247 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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