What is the postal code of Rüeggisberg?

Rüeggisberg has 7 postal codes: 3087, 3088, 3089, 3099, 3132, 3154, 3155.

What is the tax rate in Rüeggisberg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rüeggisberg is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Rüeggisberg?

A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Rüeggisberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rüeggisberg have?

Rüeggisberg has 1'756 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rüeggisberg?

Rüeggisberg has 82 foreign residents, a share of 4.67% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Rüeggisberg

3087–3155

BE CANTON3087 3088 3089 3099+3 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

870 49.5%

Men

886 50.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

292 16.6%

Swiss citizens

1'674 95.3%

Foreign residents

82 4.7%

Population density

49 pop./km²

0–19 · 292 · 16.6%20–64 · 1'005 · 57.2%65+ · 459 · 26.1%

Foreign residents 4.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +11 (+0.6%) · 18 births · 25 deaths · net migration +16

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 Rüeggisberg

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 Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes

23.5% YesNo 76.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes

40.1% YesNo 59.9%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes

29.3% YesNo 70.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes

58.9% YesNo 41.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes

67.3% YesNo 32.7%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes

30.6% YesNo 69.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes

42.5% YesNo 57.5%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

19.8% YesNo 80.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes

46.4% YesNo 53.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes

49.3% YesNo 50.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP58.1% · strongest party

SVP58.1%

SP8.7%

Mitte6.5%

GRÜNE5.5%

EDU5.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier185%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

185%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 259 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'373 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 245 of 334 in the canton · 1980 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:17'373 CHF(~17.4%)

RüeggisbergCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rüeggisberg	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.6%	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 1991–20208.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'246 mm

8.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'168 m

Mean elevation

931 m

Relief

1'558 m

Mean slope

14.3°

Flat share

10.1%

South-facing

27.3%

Above 2000 m

0.2%

Relief 1'558 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

35.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

47.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'800

Per inhabitant

20'034 kWh/yr

35 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 Rüeggisberg →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

0.59 %

Second homes

17.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

1'014

Built before 194649.6%

Built since 20018.7%

0.59 %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

544

Workplaces

202

Services share

37.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 270 (49.6%) · Secondary 69 (12.7%) · Tertiary 205 (37.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

104

Organic share

10.6 %

Farmland

2'036 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 75 min · Car 37 min

AgglomerationPT 73 min · Car 37 min

Remoteness 105/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number880

Websiterueggisberg.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rüeggisberg ranks

Largest municipalities1'756 #136 BE · #1054 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #136 BE · #1008 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #199 BE · #1096 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #207 BE · #1219 CH Families & children16.6% #292 BE · #1865 CH Age structure26.1% #73 BE · #294 CH Women share49.5% #246 BE · #1252 CH Foreign residents4.7% #275 BE · #2026 CH Population density49/km² #275 BE · #1778 CH Tax burden17'373 #257 BE · #1992 CH Taxes185% #259 BE Warmest municipalities8.2 °C #238 BE · #1660 CH Sunniest municipalities44.9% #76 BE · #673 CH Rainiest municipalities1'246 mm #108 BE · #595 CH Voter turnout53.6% #182 BE · #1400 CH Against Switzerland26.5% #35 BE · #158 CH Aligned with Switzerland73.5% #167 BE · #1274 CH SVP strongholds58.1% #42 BE · #75 CH SP strongholds8.7% #251 BE · #1626 CH Centre strongholds6.5% #221 BE · #1631 CH FDP strongholds2.2% #303 BE · #2015 CH GLP strongholds5% #250 BE · #1184 CH Green strongholds5.5% #215 BE · #1439 CH Largest by area35.8 km² #36 BE · #259 CH Highest municipalities930 m #53 BE · #311 CH Second homes17.8% #66 BE · #411 CH Organic farming10.6% #173 BE · #1177 CH Best-connected municipalities75 min #231 BE · #1226 CH Remotest municipalities75 min #105 BE · #874 CH Highest peaks2'168 m #39 BE · #317 CH Highest-lying municipalities931 m #86 BE · #480 CH Greatest vertical range1'558 m #33 BE · #321 CH Steepest municipalities14.3° #97 BE · #608 CH Solar potential35 GWh #77 BE · #557 CH Solar potential per capita20'034 kWh #28 BE · #182 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #176 BE · #670 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #263 BE · #1533 CH

Postal codes (7)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 8

Helgisried-Rohrbach3155 Hinterfultigen3089 Niedermuhlern3087 Oberbütschel3088 Riggisberg3132 Rüeggisberg3088 Rüschegg Heubach3154 Rüti b. Riggisberg3099

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rüeggisberg?: Rüeggisberg has 7 postal codes: 3087, 3088, 3089, 3099, 3132, 3154, 3155.
What is the tax rate in Rüeggisberg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rüeggisberg is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Rüeggisberg?: A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Rüeggisberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rüeggisberg have?: Rüeggisberg has 1'756 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rüeggisberg?: Rüeggisberg has 82 foreign residents, a share of 4.67% (2025).

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