What is the postal code of Rubigen?

Rubigen has 2 postal codes: 3112, 3113.

What is the tax rate in Rubigen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rubigen is 144% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Rubigen?

A single person without children pays about 16'041 CHF income tax in Rubigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rubigen have?

Rubigen has 2'876 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rubigen?

Rubigen has 282 foreign residents, a share of 9.81% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE

Rubigen

3112–3113

BE CANTON3112 3113

Residents

2'876

Area

6.9 km²

Population density

416 pop./km²

Elevation

549 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

144%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'438 50.0%

Men

1'438 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

507 17.6%

Swiss citizens

2'594 90.2%

Foreign residents

282 9.8%

Population density

416 pop./km²

0–19 · 507 · 17.6%20–64 · 1'660 · 57.7%65+ · 709 · 24.7%

Foreign residents 9.8%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Rubigen

BFS

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

48.4% YesNo 51.6%

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

37.1% YesNo 63.0%

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

56.1% YesNo 43.9%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

60.3% YesNo 39.7%

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

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

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

30.5% YesNo 69.5%

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

30.8% YesNo 69.2%

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

75.1% YesNo 24.9%

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

38.2% YesNo 61.8%

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

20.8% YesNo 79.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP24.5% · strongest party

SVP24.5%

SP22.5%

GLP14.1%

Mitte11.9%

GRÜNE8.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier144%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

144%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 26 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'041 CHF(16%)

Rank 25 of 334 in the canton · 1297 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:16'041 CHF(~16%)

RubigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rubigen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.4%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.5%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.5%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	16.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.7%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.5%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.2%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	19.9%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.2%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.6%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	25.8%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	26.8%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.7%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'124 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

600 m

Mean elevation

552 m

Relief

88 m

Mean slope

3°

Flat share

83.3%

South-facing

6.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 88 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

24.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'500

25 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

0.69 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

1'439

Built before 194613.3%

Built since 200121.3%

0.69 %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 34 min · Car 20 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 313/334 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websiterubigen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities2'876 #91 BE · #751 CH Families & children17.6% #265 BE · #1722 CH Age structure24.7% #112 BE · #428 CH Women share50% #193 BE · #916 CH Foreign residents9.8% #158 BE · #1712 CH Population density416/km² #61 BE · #589 CH Tax burden16'041 #26 BE · #1298 CH Taxes144% #26 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #131 BE · #1216 CH Sunniest municipalities44.4% #87 BE · #750 CH Rainiest municipalities1'124 mm #184 BE · #957 CH Voter turnout56.8% #68 BE · #818 CH Against Switzerland7% #173 BE · #1362 CH Aligned with Switzerland93% #27 BE · #86 CH SVP strongholds24.5% #310 BE · #1578 CH SP strongholds22.5% #27 BE · #294 CH Centre strongholds11.9% #41 BE · #1038 CH FDP strongholds7% #130 BE · #1705 CH GLP strongholds14.1% #11 BE · #49 CH Green strongholds8.9% #92 BE · #713 CH Largest by area6.9 km² #196 BE · #1275 CH Highest municipalities549 m #215 BE · #1008 CH Remotest municipalities34 min #313 BE · #1962 CH Best-connected municipalities34 min #23 BE · #134 CH Highest peaks600 m #245 BE · #1543 CH Highest-lying municipalities552 m #228 BE · #1206 CH Greatest vertical range88 m #287 BE · #1894 CH Steepest municipalities3° #298 BE · #1899 CH Solar potential25 GWh #112 BE · #853 CH Cheapest electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #107 BE · #867 CH Most expensive electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #194 BE · #1199 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Allmendingen b. Bern3112 Rubigen3113

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Allmendingen bei Bern

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rubigen?: Rubigen has 2 postal codes: 3112, 3113.
What is the tax rate in Rubigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rubigen is 144% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Rubigen?: A single person without children pays about 16'041 CHF income tax in Rubigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rubigen have?: Rubigen has 2'876 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rubigen?: Rubigen has 282 foreign residents, a share of 9.81% (2025).

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