What is the postal code of Sauge?

Sauge has 3 postal codes: 2535, 2536, 2537.

What is the tax rate in Sauge?

The municipal tax multiplier of Sauge is 190% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Sauge?

A single person without children pays about 17'535 CHF income tax in Sauge on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 280 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Sauge have?

Sauge has 829 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Sauge?

Sauge has 119 foreign residents, a share of 14.35% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Sauge

2535–2537

BE CANTON2535 2536 2537

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

416 50.2%

Men

413 49.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

144 17.4%

Swiss citizens

710 85.7%

Foreign residents

119 14.4%

Population density

62 pop./km²

0–19 · 144 · 17.4%20–64 · 491 · 59.2%65+ · 194 · 23.4%

Foreign residents 14.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +0 (+0%) · 8 births · 9 deaths · net migration −1

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 Sauge

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

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

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

35.7% YesNo 64.3%

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

44.0% YesNo 56.0%

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

51.1% YesNo 49.0%

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

50.3% YesNo 49.7%

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

47.5% YesNo 52.5%

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

52.7% YesNo 47.3%

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

34.9% YesNo 65.1%

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

42.2% YesNo 57.8%

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

51.0% YesNo 49.0%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP34.0% · strongest party

SVP34.0%

SP25.5%

GRÜNE17.5%

GLP7.1%

Mitte4.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier190%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

190%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 286 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'535 CHF(17.5%)

Rank 280 of 334 in the canton · 2023 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:17'535 CHF(~17.5%)

SaugeCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Sauge	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.3%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.2%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.7%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.9%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.7%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.5%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.5%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.1%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.9%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.1%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.5%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.8%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.9%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.8%	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 1991–20208.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'441 mm

8.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'101 m

Mean elevation

877 m

Relief

587 m

Mean slope

16.2°

Flat share

13.8%

South-facing

34.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 587 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

9.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

12.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'200

Per inhabitant

11'990 kWh/yr

10 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 Sauge →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

1.54 %

Second homes

30.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

584

Built before 194627.6%

Built since 20015.7%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

1.54 %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

205

Workplaces

Services share

74.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 28 (13.7%) · Secondary 24 (11.7%) · Tertiary 153 (74.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

293 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 80 min · Car 52 min

AgglomerationPT 38 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 82/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number449

Websitesauge-jb.ch ↗

DistrictArrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Sauge ranks

Largest municipalities829 #219 BE · #1565 CH Growing municipalities0% #194 BE · #1397 CH Shrinking municipalities0% #134 BE · #671 CH Jobs per resident0.25 #253 BE · #1513 CH Families & children17.4% #273 BE · #1753 CH Age structure23.4% #163 BE · #593 CH Women share50.2% #166 BE · #786 CH Foreign residents14.4% #102 BE · #1340 CH Population density62/km² #256 BE · #1694 CH Tax burden17'535 #288 BE · #2031 CH Taxes190% #286 BE Warmest municipalities8.1 °C #241 BE · #1675 CH Sunniest municipalities40.5% #277 BE · #1591 CH Rainiest municipalities1'441 mm #29 BE · #301 CH Voter turnout50.7% #245 BE · #1720 CH SVP strongholds34% #262 BE · #1038 CH SP strongholds25.5% #15 BE · #154 CH Centre strongholds4.7% #272 BE · #1818 CH FDP strongholds4.1% #237 BE · #1913 CH GLP strongholds7.1% #179 BE · #724 CH Green strongholds17.5% #9 BE · #52 CH Largest by area13.5 km² #122 BE · #722 CH Highest municipalities707 m #121 BE · #585 CH Second homes30.5% #29 BE · #258 CH Organic farming0% #279 BE · #1649 CH Best-connected municipalities80 min #254 BE · #1343 CH Remotest municipalities80 min #82 BE · #755 CH Highest peaks1'101 m #122 BE · #666 CH Highest-lying municipalities877 m #107 BE · #525 CH Greatest vertical range587 m #99 BE · #624 CH Steepest municipalities16.2° #83 BE · #527 CH Solar potential10 GWh #229 BE · #1565 CH Solar potential per capita11'990 kWh #178 BE · #756 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #68 BE · #562 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #155 BE · #1425 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Frinvillier2535 Plagne2536 Vauffelin2537

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Sauge?: Sauge has 3 postal codes: 2535, 2536, 2537.
What is the tax rate in Sauge?: The municipal tax multiplier of Sauge is 190% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Sauge?: A single person without children pays about 17'535 CHF income tax in Sauge on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 280 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Sauge have?: Sauge has 829 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Sauge?: Sauge has 119 foreign residents, a share of 14.35% (2025).

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