What is the postal code of Rumendingen?

The postal code of Rumendingen is 3472.

What is the tax rate in Rumendingen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rumendingen is 100% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Rumendingen?

A single person without children pays about 14'612 CHF income tax in Rumendingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 3 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rumendingen have?

Rumendingen has 99 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rumendingen?

Rumendingen has 3 foreign residents, a share of 3.03% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Rumendingen

3472

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

48 48.5%

Men

51 51.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

20 20.2%

Swiss citizens

96 97.0%

Foreign residents

3 3.0%

Population density

41 pop./km²

0–19 · 20 · 20.2%20–64 · 59 · 59.6%65+ · 20 · 20.2%

Foreign residents 3.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +8 (+8.8%) · 2 births · 0 deaths · net migration +9

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 Rumendingen

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

20.4% YesNo 79.6%

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

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

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

43.5% YesNo 56.5%

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

49.1% YesNo 50.9%

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

47.5% YesNo 52.5%

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

27.3% YesNo 72.7%

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

49.0% YesNo 51.0%

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

14.3% YesNo 85.7%

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

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

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

37.5% YesNo 62.5%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP56.0% · strongest party

SVP56.0%

GRÜNE11.9%

Mitte11.1%

SP6.9%

GLP5.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier100%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

100%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 4 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'612 CHF(14.6%)

Rank 3 of 334 in the canton · 949 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:14'612 CHF(~14.6%)

RumendingenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rumendingen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	8.5%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	10.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	11.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	12.3%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	13%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	13.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	14.6%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	15.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	16.2%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	16.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	17.6%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	18.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	19.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	21.4%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	22.7%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	23.8%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	24.8%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	25.6%	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 1991–20209.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'083 mm

9.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

600 m

Mean elevation

539 m

Relief

92 m

Mean slope

6.6°

Flat share

44.8%

South-facing

10.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 92 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

3.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

3.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

700

Per inhabitant

31'515 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 · 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 Rumendingen →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

2.08 %

Second homes

9.3 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

Built before 194675.0%

Built since 200110.4%

2.08 %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

151

Workplaces

Services share

67.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 34 (22.5%) · Secondary 15 (9.9%) · Tertiary 102 (67.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

197 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 57 min · Car 34 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 12 min

Remoteness 202/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number421

Websiterumendingen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rumendingen ranks

Largest municipalities99 #326 BE · #2087 CH Growing municipalities8.8% #2 BE · #14 CH Shrinking municipalities8.8% #333 BE · #2095 CH Jobs per resident1.53 #3 BE · #28 CH Families & children20.2% #122 BE · #1074 CH Age structure20.2% #285 BE · #1202 CH Women share48.5% #297 BE · #1696 CH Foreign residents3% #305 BE · #2072 CH Population density41/km² #283 BE · #1833 CH Tax burden14'612 #4 BE · #950 CH Taxes100% #4 BE Warmest municipalities9.1 °C #145 BE · #1287 CH Sunniest municipalities41.1% #226 BE · #1354 CH Rainiest municipalities1'083 mm #230 BE · #1199 CH Voter turnout63.6% #14 BE · #280 CH SVP strongholds56% #50 BE · #100 CH SP strongholds6.9% #279 BE · #1793 CH Centre strongholds11.1% #65 BE · #1105 CH FDP strongholds4.3% #224 BE · #1898 CH GLP strongholds5.6% #230 BE · #1047 CH Green strongholds11.9% #36 BE · #354 CH Largest by area2.4 km² #309 BE · #1956 CH Highest municipalities526 m #234 BE · #1092 CH Second homes9.3% #245 BE · #1350 CH Organic farming0% #273 BE · #1643 CH Best-connected municipalities57 min #132 BE · #677 CH Remotest municipalities57 min #202 BE · #1422 CH Highest peaks600 m #244 BE · #1542 CH Highest-lying municipalities539 m #235 BE · #1259 CH Greatest vertical range92 m #281 BE · #1865 CH Steepest municipalities6.6° #204 BE · #1296 CH Solar potential3 GWh #317 BE · #2039 CH Solar potential per capita31'515 kWh #5 BE · #36 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #61 BE · #555 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #148 BE · #1418 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3472

Rumendingen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Rumendingen3472

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rumendingen?: The postal code of Rumendingen is 3472.
What is the tax rate in Rumendingen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rumendingen is 100% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Rumendingen?: A single person without children pays about 14'612 CHF income tax in Rumendingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 3 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rumendingen have?: Rumendingen has 99 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rumendingen?: Rumendingen has 3 foreign residents, a share of 3.03% (2025).

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