What is the postal code of Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh?

The postal code of Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh is 3422.

What is the tax rate in Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh?

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

How much tax do you pay in Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh?

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

How many residents does Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh have?

Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh has 2'479 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh?

Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh has 640 foreign residents, a share of 25.82% (2025).

Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh (BE): Postal Codes 3422, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'245 50.2%

Men

1'234 49.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

487 19.6%

Swiss citizens

1'839 74.2%

Foreign residents

640 25.8%

Population density

911 pop./km²

0–19 · 487 · 19.6%20–64 · 1'499 · 60.5%65+ · 493 · 19.9%

Foreign residents 25.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −11 (−0.4%) · 13 births · 26 deaths · net migration −1

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 Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh

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 Emmental: 21.9% Yes

19.4% YesNo 80.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 31.8% Yes

26.8% YesNo 73.2%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 35.2% Yes

30.5% YesNo 69.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 56.4% Yes

58.3% YesNo 41.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 55.4% Yes

58.6% YesNo 41.4%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 37.8% Yes

35.2% YesNo 64.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 44.7% Yes

46.6% YesNo 53.4%

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 Emmental: 23.2% Yes

19.8% YesNo 80.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 40.4% Yes

40.1% YesNo 59.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 39.1% Yes

36.2% YesNo 63.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP41.5% · strongest party

SVP41.5%

SP15.8%

Mitte10.9%

GLP8.0%

FDP7.7%

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 119 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%)

Rüdtligen-AlchenflühCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'044 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

514 m

Mean elevation

504 m

Relief

18 m

Mean slope

0.9°

Flat share

99.2%

South-facing

0.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 18 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

23.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

28.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'100

Per inhabitant

9'302 kWh/yr

23 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

28.08 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.6 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.32 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

28.08 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Genossenschaft Elektra, Jegenstorf

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 Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh →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

0.8 %

Second homes

7.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

1'249

Built before 194615.1%

Built since 200121.8%

0.8 %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

1'169

Workplaces

108

Services share

64.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 29 (2.5%) · Secondary 391 (33.4%) · Tertiary 749 (64.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

7

Organic share

14.3 %

Farmland

192 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 53 min · Car 28 min

AgglomerationPT 19 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 222/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number420

Websiteruedtligen-alchenflueh.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh ranks

37

Largest municipalities2'479 #109 BE · #848 CH Growing municipalities-0.4% #231 BE · #1623 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.4% #104 BE · #483 CH Jobs per resident0.47 #94 BE · #600 CH Families & children19.6% #164 BE · #1263 CH Age structure19.9% #293 BE · #1251 CH Women share50.2% #165 BE · #785 CH Foreign residents25.8% #23 BE · #515 CH Population density911/km² #27 BE · #261 CH Tax burden16'723 #117 BE · #1728 CH Taxes165% #119 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #124 BE · #1209 CH Sunniest municipalities41.1% #225 BE · #1353 CH Rainiest municipalities1'044 mm #266 BE · #1416 CH Voter turnout45% #315 BE · #2033 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #119 BE · #913 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #84 BE · #511 CH SVP strongholds41.5% #185 BE · #586 CH SP strongholds15.8% #127 BE · #858 CH Centre strongholds10.9% #70 BE · #1119 CH FDP strongholds7.7% #97 BE · #1622 CH GLP strongholds8% #152 BE · #576 CH Green strongholds6.7% #163 BE · #1158 CH Largest by area2.7 km² #303 BE · #1917 CH Highest municipalities505 m #251 BE · #1183 CH Second homes7.8% #290 BE · #1668 CH Organic farming14.3% #119 BE · #902 CH Best-connected municipalities53 min #110 BE · #554 CH Remotest municipalities53 min #222 BE · #1537 CH Highest peaks514 m #302 BE · #1830 CH Highest-lying municipalities504 m #255 BE · #1407 CH Greatest vertical range18 m #326 BE · #2090 CH Steepest municipalities0.9° #327 BE · #2078 CH Solar potential23 GWh #123 BE · #907 CH Solar potential per capita9'302 kWh #251 BE · #1195 CH Cheapest electricity28.08 Rp./kWh #246 BE · #1357 CH Most expensive electricity28.08 Rp./kWh #89 BE · #749 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3422

Rüdtligen

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Alchenflüh3422 Rüdtligen3422

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh?: The postal code of Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh is 3422.
What is the tax rate in Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh is 165% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh?: A single person without children pays about 16'723 CHF income tax in Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh have?: Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh has 2'479 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh?: Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh has 640 foreign residents, a share of 25.82% (2025).

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