What is the postal code of Roches?

Roches has 2 postal codes: 2740, 2762.

What is the tax rate in Roches?

The municipal tax multiplier of Roches is 194% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Roches?

A single person without children pays about 17'665 CHF income tax in Roches on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 294 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Roches have?

Roches has 204 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Roches?

Roches has 41 foreign residents, a share of 20.1% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Roches

2740–2762

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

105 51.5%

Men

99 48.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

25 12.3%

Swiss citizens

163 79.9%

Foreign residents

41 20.1%

Population density

23 pop./km²

0–19 · 25 · 12.3%20–64 · 136 · 66.7%65+ · 43 · 21.1%

Foreign residents 20.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +13 (+6.8%) · 1 births · 0 deaths · net migration +12

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 Roches

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

21.4% YesNo 78.6%

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

61.4% YesNo 38.6%

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

32.8% YesNo 67.2%

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

61.1% YesNo 38.9%

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

80.5% YesNo 19.5%

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

35.9% YesNo 64.1%

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

42.3% YesNo 57.8%

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

16.7% YesNo 83.3%

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

54.2% YesNo 45.8%

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

67.1% YesNo 32.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP67.1% · strongest party

SVP67.1%

EDU6.3%

EVP5.9%

FDP4.5%

GRÜNE3.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier194%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

194%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 310 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'665 CHF(17.7%)

Rank 294 of 334 in the canton · 2038 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:17'665 CHF(~17.7%)

RochesCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Roches	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.4%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.8%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	15%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	21.1%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.8%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.3%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.7%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	28%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	29%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	30%	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

Precipitation 1991–20201'316 mm

8.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'254 m

Mean elevation

817 m

Relief

777 m

Mean slope

24.7°

Flat share

2.5%

South-facing

22.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 777 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

2.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

2.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

500

Per inhabitant

10'343 kWh/yr

2 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 Roches →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

5.38 %

Second homes

26.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

130

Built before 194642.3%

Built since 20012.3%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

5.38 %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

Workplaces

Services share

48 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 18 (36.0%) · Secondary 8 (16.0%) · Tertiary 24 (48.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

20 %

Farmland

197 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 62 min · Car 61 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 176/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number704

Websiteroches.ch ↗

DistrictArrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Roches ranks

Largest municipalities204 #316 BE · #2026 CH Growing municipalities6.8% #3 BE · #21 CH Shrinking municipalities6.8% #332 BE · #2088 CH Jobs per resident0.25 #257 BE · #1517 CH Families & children12.3% #327 BE · #2062 CH Age structure21.1% #251 BE · #1019 CH Women share51.5% #52 BE · #229 CH Foreign residents20.1% #49 BE · #854 CH Population density23/km² #309 BE · #1947 CH Tax burden17'665 #304 BE · #2048 CH Taxes194% #310 BE Warmest municipalities8.2 °C #236 BE · #1658 CH Sunniest municipalities41.7% #183 BE · #1173 CH Rainiest municipalities1'316 mm #75 BE · #465 CH Voter turnout50.8% #243 BE · #1714 CH SVP strongholds67.1% #15 BE · #20 CH SP strongholds3.7% #318 BE · #1990 CH Centre strongholds2.6% #306 BE · #2014 CH FDP strongholds4.5% #220 BE · #1887 CH GLP strongholds2.4% #308 BE · #1694 CH Green strongholds3.9% #282 BE · #1745 CH Largest by area9.1 km² #163 BE · #1036 CH Highest municipalities585 m #180 BE · #872 CH Second homes26.7% #32 BE · #278 CH Organic farming20% #68 BE · #616 CH Best-connected municipalities62 min #158 BE · #844 CH Remotest municipalities62 min #176 BE · #1254 CH Highest peaks1'254 m #93 BE · #577 CH Highest-lying municipalities817 m #123 BE · #600 CH Greatest vertical range777 m #67 BE · #515 CH Steepest municipalities24.7° #37 BE · #268 CH Solar potential2 GWh #329 BE · #2081 CH Solar potential per capita10'343 kWh #220 BE · #1011 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #128 BE · #622 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #215 BE · #1485 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Moutier2740 Roches BE2762

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Roches?: Roches has 2 postal codes: 2740, 2762.
What is the tax rate in Roches?: The municipal tax multiplier of Roches is 194% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Roches?: A single person without children pays about 17'665 CHF income tax in Roches on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 294 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Roches have?: Roches has 204 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Roches?: Roches has 41 foreign residents, a share of 20.1% (2025).

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