What is the postal code of Saint-Imier?

Saint-Imier has 2 postal codes: 2345, 2610.

What is the tax rate in Saint-Imier?

The municipal tax multiplier of Saint-Imier is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Saint-Imier?

A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Saint-Imier on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Saint-Imier have?

Saint-Imier has 5'144 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Saint-Imier?

Saint-Imier has 1'587 foreign residents, a share of 30.85% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE

Saint-Imier

2345–2610

BE CANTON2345 2610

Residents

5'144

Area

20.9 km²

Population density

246 pop./km²

Elevation

892 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

1'483 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

175%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'576 50.1%

Men

2'568 49.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

976 19.0%

Swiss citizens

3'557 69.2%

Foreign residents

1'587 30.9%

Population density

246 pop./km²

0–19 · 976 · 19.0%20–64 · 3'174 · 61.7%65+ · 994 · 19.3%

Foreign residents 30.9%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Saint-Imier

BFS

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

44.5% YesNo 55.5%

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

41.3% YesNo 58.7%

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

49.0% YesNo 51.0%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

61.5% YesNo 38.6%

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

32.4% YesNo 67.6%

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

39.5% YesNo 60.5%

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

52.4% YesNo 47.6%

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

62.6% YesNo 37.4%

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

65.0% YesNo 35.0%

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

29.5% YesNo 70.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP30.4% · strongest party

SVP30.4%

SP28.4%

GRÜNE14.9%

FDP14.2%

EVP3.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

175%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 183 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'048 CHF(17%)

Rank 167 of 334 in the canton · 1863 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:17'048 CHF(~17%)

Saint-ImierCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Saint-Imier	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.1%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	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 1991–20206.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'363 mm

6.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'483 m

Mean elevation

1'076 m

Relief

736 m

Mean slope

11°

Flat share

27.7%

South-facing

22.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 736 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

35.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

50.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'900

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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff range H4

30.55–34.59 Rp./kWh

32.57 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.35 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operators Société des Forces Électriques de La Goule SA · Commune de Saint-Imier

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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

7.08 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

3'137

Built before 194651.5%

Built since 20015.1%

7.08 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 84 min · Car 72 min

AgglomerationPT 28 min · Car 27 min

Remoteness 68/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitesaint-imier.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities5'144 #42 BE · #419 CH Families & children19% #210 BE · #1435 CH Age structure19.3% #302 BE · #1369 CH Women share50.1% #174 BE · #844 CH Foreign residents30.9% #9 BE · #281 CH Population density246/km² #101 BE · #898 CH Tax burden17'048 #182 BE · #1878 CH Taxes175% #183 BE Warmest municipalities6.8 °C #312 BE · #1864 CH Sunniest municipalities42.1% #167 BE · #1106 CH Rainiest municipalities1'363 mm #61 BE · #410 CH Voter turnout44.1% #313 BE · #2030 CH Against Switzerland19% #88 BE · #598 CH Aligned with Switzerland81% #113 BE · #811 CH SVP strongholds30.4% #282 BE · #1243 CH SP strongholds28.4% #4 BE · #79 CH Centre strongholds2% #315 BE · #2041 CH FDP strongholds14.2% #9 BE · #899 CH GLP strongholds3.4% #286 BE · #1499 CH Green strongholds14.9% #17 BE · #133 CH Largest by area20.9 km² #74 BE · #463 CH Highest municipalities892 m #61 BE · #341 CH Remotest municipalities84 min #68 BE · #666 CH Best-connected municipalities84 min #263 BE · #1424 CH Highest peaks1'483 m #64 BE · #463 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'076 m #52 BE · #371 CH Greatest vertical range736 m #75 BE · #533 CH Steepest municipalities11° #138 BE · #847 CH Solar potential35 GWh #75 BE · #553 CH Cheapest electricity32.57 Rp./kWh #298 BE · #1978 CH Most expensive electricity32.57 Rp./kWh #37 BE · #129 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Le Cerneux-Veusil2345 Les Pontins2610 Mont-Soleil2610 St-Imier2610

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Saint-Imier?: Saint-Imier has 2 postal codes: 2345, 2610.
What is the tax rate in Saint-Imier?: The municipal tax multiplier of Saint-Imier is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Saint-Imier?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Saint-Imier on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Saint-Imier have?: Saint-Imier has 5'144 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Saint-Imier?: Saint-Imier has 1'587 foreign residents, a share of 30.85% (2025).

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