What is the postal code of Rüegsau?

Rüegsau has 5 postal codes: 3415, 3416, 3417, 3418, 3454.

What is the tax rate in Rüegsau?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rüegsau is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Rüegsau?

A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Rüegsau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rüegsau have?

Rüegsau has 3'278 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rüegsau?

Rüegsau has 222 foreign residents, a share of 6.77% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Rüegsau

3415–3454

BE CANTON3415 3416 3417 3418+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'678 51.2%

Men

1'600 48.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

646 19.7%

Swiss citizens

3'056 93.2%

Foreign residents

222 6.8%

Population density

218 pop./km²

0–19 · 646 · 19.7%20–64 · 1'779 · 54.3%65+ · 853 · 26.0%

Foreign residents 6.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −17 (−0.5%) · 31 births · 43 deaths · net migration −7

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 Rüegsau

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

18.3% YesNo 81.7%

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

37.9% YesNo 62.1%

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

30.7% YesNo 69.3%

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

63.2% YesNo 36.8%

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

62.2% YesNo 37.8%

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

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

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

33.5% YesNo 66.5%

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 Emmental: 23.2% Yes

16.8% YesNo 83.2%

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

47.1% YesNo 52.9%

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

44.0% YesNo 56.0%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP43.3% · strongest party

SVP43.3%

Mitte11.8%

SP11.3%

EDU10.4%

EVP7.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier179%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

179%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 198 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'178 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 193 of 334 in the canton · 1902 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:17'178 CHF(~17.2%)

RüegsauCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rüegsau	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.5%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.3%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.5%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 1991–20208.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'191 mm

8.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

846 m

Mean elevation

706 m

Relief

288 m

Mean slope

13.9°

Flat share

11.4%

South-facing

29.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 288 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

33.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

43.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'500

Per inhabitant

10'336 kWh/yr

34 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Rüegsau →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 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

0.77 %

Second homes

12.7 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

1'693

Built before 194641.9%

Built since 200118.4%

0.77 %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

1'309

Workplaces

231

Services share

50.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 170 (13.0%) · Secondary 483 (36.9%) · Tertiary 656 (50.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10.2 %

Farmland

951 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 65 min · Car 46 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 162/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number956

Websiteruegsau.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rüegsau ranks

Largest municipalities3'278 #81 BE · #676 CH Growing municipalities-0.5% #238 BE · #1652 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.5% #98 BE · #454 CH Jobs per resident0.4 #139 BE · #844 CH Families & children19.7% #160 BE · #1243 CH Age structure26% #76 BE · #300 CH Women share51.2% #73 BE · #312 CH Foreign residents6.8% #234 BE · #1941 CH Population density218/km² #113 BE · #977 CH Tax burden17'178 #206 BE · #1915 CH Taxes179% #198 BE Warmest municipalities8.5 °C #212 BE · #1565 CH Sunniest municipalities42.3% #162 BE · #1077 CH Rainiest municipalities1'191 mm #145 BE · #714 CH Voter turnout54.3% #162 BE · #1314 CH Against Switzerland24.5% #49 BE · #248 CH Aligned with Switzerland75.5% #157 BE · #1185 CH SVP strongholds43.3% #160 BE · #479 CH SP strongholds11.3% #209 BE · #1375 CH Centre strongholds11.8% #44 BE · #1046 CH FDP strongholds4.4% #223 BE · #1894 CH GLP strongholds5.5% #235 BE · #1078 CH Green strongholds3.4% #295 BE · #1827 CH Largest by area15.1 km² #104 BE · #642 CH Highest municipalities589 m #177 BE · #855 CH Second homes12.7% #149 BE · #819 CH Organic farming10.2% #181 BE · #1205 CH Best-connected municipalities65 min #182 BE · #936 CH Remotest municipalities65 min #162 BE · #1166 CH Highest peaks846 m #174 BE · #918 CH Highest-lying municipalities706 m #149 BE · #753 CH Greatest vertical range288 m #170 BE · #1024 CH Steepest municipalities13.9° #101 BE · #628 CH Solar potential34 GWh #80 BE · #593 CH Solar potential per capita10'336 kWh #221 BE · #1014 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #203 BE · #697 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #290 BE · #1560 CH

Postal codes (5)

swisstopo

3415

Rüegsauschachen

3416

Affoltern im Emmental

Localities

swisstopo · 5

Affoltern im Emmental3416 Rüegsau3417 Rüegsauschachen3415 Rüegsbach3418 Sumiswald3454

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rüegsau?: Rüegsau has 5 postal codes: 3415, 3416, 3417, 3418, 3454.
What is the tax rate in Rüegsau?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rüegsau is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Rüegsau?: A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Rüegsau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rüegsau have?: Rüegsau has 3'278 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rüegsau?: Rüegsau has 222 foreign residents, a share of 6.77% (2025).

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