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 · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Saint-Imier

2345–2610

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

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%

Population change 2025: −33 (−0.6%) · 43 births · 75 deaths · net migration +4

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 Saint-Imier

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 26.2% Yes

31.3% YesNo 68.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 34.8% Yes

30.7% YesNo 69.3%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 40.6% Yes

47.8% YesNo 52.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 47.9% Yes

44.5% YesNo 55.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 48.1% Yes

41.3% YesNo 58.7%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 44.5% Yes

49.0% YesNo 51.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.5% Yes

61.5% YesNo 38.6%

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 28.9% Yes

32.4% YesNo 67.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 42.3% Yes

39.5% YesNo 60.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.0% Yes

52.4% YesNo 47.6%

All federal votes →

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

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 25.09.2026

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 24.09.2026

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

Per inhabitant

6'882 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 range H4

28.51–33.63 Rp./kWh

31.07 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 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.

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 Saint-Imier →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

7.08 %

Second homes

18.4 %

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 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

3'804

Workplaces

356

Services share

60.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 56 (1.5%) · Secondary 1'438 (37.8%) · Tertiary 2'310 (60.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10.5 %

Farmland

567 ha

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

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 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number443

Websitesaint-imier.ch ↗

DistrictArrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Saint-Imier ranks

Largest municipalities5'144 #42 BE · #419 CH Growing municipalities-0.6% #252 BE · #1698 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.6% #82 BE · #408 CH Jobs per resident0.74 #27 BE · #188 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 turnout44.2% #322 BE · #2057 CH Against Switzerland18.6% #89 BE · #600 CH Aligned with Switzerland81.4% #113 BE · #811 CH SVP strongholds30.4% #282 BE · #1245 CH SP strongholds28.4% #4 BE · #79 CH Centre strongholds2% #315 BE · #2046 CH FDP strongholds14.2% #8 BE · #900 CH GLP strongholds3.4% #286 BE · #1500 CH Green strongholds14.9% #17 BE · #135 CH Largest by area20.9 km² #74 BE · #463 CH Highest municipalities892 m #61 BE · #342 CH Second homes18.4% #60 BE · #386 CH Organic farming10.5% #175 BE · #1182 CH Best-connected municipalities84 min #263 BE · #1424 CH Remotest municipalities84 min #68 BE · #666 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 Solar potential per capita6'882 kWh #301 BE · #1699 CH Cheapest electricity31.07 Rp./kWh #297 BE · #1898 CH Most expensive electricity31.07 Rp./kWh #37 BE · #209 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

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

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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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