Switzerland · Canton BE · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois
Romont
2536–2603Residents
237
Area
7 km²
Population density
34 pop./km²
Elevation
919 m a.s.l.
Terrain up to
1'213 m a.s.l.
Tax multiplier
160%
Postal codes
3
BFS no.
442
Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio
Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
116 48.9%
Men
121 51.1%
Children & youth (0–19)
39 16.5%
Swiss citizens
184 77.6%
Foreign residents
53 22.4%
Population density
34 pop./km²
0–19 · 39 · 16.5%20–64 · 134 · 56.5%65+ · 64 · 27.0%
Foreign residents 22.4%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +5 (+2.2%) · 2 births · 4 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
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 47.9% Yes
47.6% YesNo 52.4%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 48.1% Yes
47.1% YesNo 52.9%
14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 44.5% Yes
39.0% YesNo 61.0%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.5% Yes
55.1% YesNo 44.9%
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
22.2% YesNo 77.8%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 42.3% Yes
41.1% YesNo 58.9%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.0% Yes
51.2% YesNo 48.8%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 64.6% Yes
63.2% YesNo 36.8%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP43.3% · strongest party
SVP43.3%
SP17.8%
GRÜNE10.6%
GLP8.1%
Mitte7.8%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier160%
Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%
160%BE range 89%220%
Tax rank 82 of 334 in canton BernTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
16'561 CHF(16.6%)
Rank 76 of 334 in the canton · 1626 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
100'000 CHF:16'561 CHF(~16.6%)
RomontCanton range BernSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Romont | Bern | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 9.7% | 8.3–10.9% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 11.5% | 9.8–13% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 12.9% | 11–14.5% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 14% | 12–15.7% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 14.8% | 12.6–16.5% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 15.6% | 13.4–17.5% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 16.6% | 14.3–18.5% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 17.4% | 15–19.4% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 18.3% | 15.8–20.3% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 19% | 16.5–21.2% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 19.8% | 17.2–22% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 20.5% | 17.9–22.8% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 22.3% | 19.5–24.7% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 23.9% | 20.9–26.3% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 25.2% | 22.2–27.8% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 26.5% | 23.3–29.1% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 27.5% | 24.3–30.2% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 28.4% | 25.1–31.2% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20207.4 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'621 mm
7.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
1'213 m
Mean elevation
929 m
Relief
556 m
Mean slope
16.4°
Flat share
11.2%
South-facing
47.6%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 556 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
Roof potential
2.8 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
3.7 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
600
Per inhabitant
11'688 kWh/yr
3 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 · 2027Tariff 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 · 2024Premium regionRegion 2
Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
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 · AREVacancy rate
4 %
Second homes
13.6 %
Avg. rooms
4
Dwellings
125
Built before 194633.6%
Built since 200121.6%
4 %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 · 2024Jobs
36
Workplaces
16
Services share
38.9 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 16 (44.4%) · Secondary 6 (16.7%) · Tertiary 14 (38.9%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
6
Organic share
0 %
Farmland
257 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities237 #309 BE · #2003 CHGrowing municipalities2.2% #32 BE · #307 CHShrinking municipalities2.2% #303 BE · #1802 CHJobs per resident0.15 #326 BE · #1974 CHFamilies & children16.5% #293 BE · #1876 CHAge structure27% #54 BE · #229 CHWomen share48.9% #279 BE · #1547 CHForeign residents22.4% #34 BE · #690 CHPopulation density34/km² #292 BE · #1879 CHTax burden16'561 #86 BE · #1636 CHTaxes160% #82 BEWarmest municipalities7.4 °C #290 BE · #1795 CHSunniest municipalities40.7% #259 BE · #1517 CHRainiest municipalities1'621 mm #5 BE · #160 CHVoter turnout53.1% #156 BE · #1328 CHSVP strongholds43.3% #159 BE · #478 CHSP strongholds17.8% #86 BE · #650 CHCentre strongholds7.8% #172 BE · #1466 CHFDP strongholds7.6% #102 BE · #1635 CHGLP strongholds8.1% #146 BE · #558 CHGreen strongholds10.6% #55 BE · #481 CHLargest by area7 km² #190 BE · #1251 CHHighest municipalities919 m #55 BE · #317 CHSecond homes13.6% #128 BE · #713 CHOrganic farming0% #278 BE · #1648 CHBest-connected municipalities79 min #248 BE · #1320 CHRemotest municipalities79 min #84 BE · #773 CHHighest peaks1'213 m #100 BE · #597 CHHighest-lying municipalities929 m #87 BE · #481 CHGreatest vertical range556 m #105 BE · #649 CHSteepest municipalities16.4° #80 BE · #517 CHSolar potential3 GWh #321 BE · #2053 CHSolar potential per capita11'688 kWh #187 BE · #794 CHCheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #66 BE · #560 CHMost expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #153 BE · #1423 CH
Postal codes (3)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 3Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Romont?
- Romont has 3 postal codes: 2536, 2538, 2603.
- What is the tax rate in Romont?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Romont is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
- How much tax do you pay in Romont?
- A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Romont on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Romont have?
- Romont has 237 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Romont?
- Romont has 53 foreign residents, a share of 22.36% (2025).
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