What is the postal code of Schangnau?

The postal code of Schangnau is 6197.

What is the tax rate in Schangnau?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schangnau is 210% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Schangnau?

A single person without children pays about 18'185 CHF income tax in Schangnau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 331 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schangnau have?

Schangnau has 919 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schangnau?

Schangnau has 27 foreign residents, a share of 2.94% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Schangnau

6197

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

450 49.0%

Men

469 51.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

218 23.7%

Swiss citizens

892 97.1%

Foreign residents

27 2.9%

Population density

25 pop./km²

0–19 · 218 · 23.7%20–64 · 487 · 53.0%65+ · 214 · 23.3%

Foreign residents 2.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −5 (−0.5%) · 3 births · 8 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 Schangnau

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

7.8% YesNo 92.3%

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

63.4% YesNo 36.7%

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

16.9% YesNo 83.1%

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

75.3% YesNo 24.7%

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

85.2% YesNo 14.8%

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

16.8% YesNo 83.2%

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

26.3% YesNo 73.7%

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

6.8% YesNo 93.3%

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

50.5% YesNo 49.5%

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

53.9% YesNo 46.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP80.0% · strongest party

SVP80.0%

Mitte6.6%

EDU3.2%

GRÜNE2.7%

Übrige2.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier210%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

210%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 331 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

18'185 CHF(18.2%)

Rank 331 of 334 in the canton · 2088 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:18'185 CHF(~18.2%)

SchangnauCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schangnau	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.7%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.7%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	14.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	15.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	16.3%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	17.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	18.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	19.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	20%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.8%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	21.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	22.4%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	24.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	27.4%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	28.7%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	29.8%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	30.7%	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 1991–20207.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'621 mm

7.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'173 m

Mean elevation

1'152 m

Relief

1'345 m

Mean slope

20.4°

Flat share

6.1%

South-facing

23.0%

Above 2000 m

0.4%

Relief 1'345 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

16.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

22.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'700

Per inhabitant

17'976 kWh/yr

17 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

24.09–29.92 Rp./kWh

27 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operators BKW Energie AG · Elektrizitätsgenossenschaft Schangnau

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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Schangnau →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

1.18 %

Second homes

18.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

510

Built before 194654.1%

Built since 20016.9%

1.18 %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

579

Workplaces

143

Services share

40.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 227 (39.2%) · Secondary 118 (20.4%) · Tertiary 234 (40.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

9.5 %

Farmland

1'422 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 91 min · Car 64 min

AgglomerationPT 91 min · Car 43 min

Remoteness 51/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number906

Websiteschangnau.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schangnau ranks

Largest municipalities919 #206 BE · #1505 CH Growing municipalities-0.5% #241 BE · #1661 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.5% #95 BE · #447 CH Jobs per resident0.63 #41 BE · #294 CH Families & children23.7% #11 BE · #198 CH Age structure23.3% #170 BE · #613 CH Women share49% #275 BE · #1505 CH Foreign residents2.9% #310 BE · #2077 CH Population density25/km² #305 BE · #1931 CH Tax burden18'185 #332 BE · #2089 CH Taxes210% #331 BE Warmest municipalities7.3 °C #301 BE · #1811 CH Sunniest municipalities45.3% #64 BE · #621 CH Rainiest municipalities1'621 mm #6 BE · #161 CH Voter turnout50.4% #254 BE · #1744 CH SVP strongholds80% #2 BE · #3 CH SP strongholds1.6% #328 BE · #2032 CH Centre strongholds6.6% #215 BE · #1617 CH FDP strongholds1.4% #317 BE · #2053 CH GLP strongholds1.4% #322 BE · #1867 CH Green strongholds2.7% #308 BE · #1903 CH Largest by area36.5 km² #34 BE · #250 CH Highest municipalities963 m #47 BE · #285 CH Second homes18.3% #63 BE · #390 CH Organic farming9.5% #195 BE · #1258 CH Best-connected municipalities91 min #286 BE · #1575 CH Remotest municipalities91 min #51 BE · #525 CH Highest peaks2'173 m #38 BE · #316 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'152 m #43 BE · #320 CH Greatest vertical range1'345 m #49 BE · #373 CH Steepest municipalities20.4° #57 BE · #386 CH Solar potential17 GWh #175 BE · #1168 CH Solar potential per capita17'976 kWh #52 BE · #258 CH Cheapest electricity27 Rp./kWh #231 BE · #1121 CH Most expensive electricity27 Rp./kWh #103 BE · #986 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6197

Schangnau

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Schangnau6197

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schangnau?: The postal code of Schangnau is 6197.
What is the tax rate in Schangnau?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schangnau is 210% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Schangnau?: A single person without children pays about 18'185 CHF income tax in Schangnau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 331 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schangnau have?: Schangnau has 919 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schangnau?: Schangnau has 27 foreign residents, a share of 2.94% (2025).

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