What is the postal code of Schelten?

The postal code of Schelten is 2827.

What is the tax rate in Schelten?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schelten is 220% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Schelten?

A single person without children pays about 18'510 CHF income tax in Schelten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 334 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schelten have?

Schelten has 37 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schelten?

Schelten has 1 foreign residents, a share of 2.7% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE

Schelten

2827

BE CANTON2827

Residents

Area

5.6 km²

Population density

7 pop./km²

Elevation

800 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

1'203 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

220%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

18 48.6%

Men

19 51.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

5 13.5%

Swiss citizens

36 97.3%

Foreign residents

1 2.7%

Population density

7 pop./km²

0–19 · 5 · 13.5%20–64 · 24 · 64.9%65+ · 8 · 21.6%

Foreign residents 2.7%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Schelten

BFS

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

41.5% YesNo 58.5%

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

51.2% YesNo 48.8%

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

45.5% YesNo 54.6%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

87.5% YesNo 12.5%

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

42.3% YesNo 57.7%

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

43.3% YesNo 56.7%

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

48.3% YesNo 51.7%

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

63.3% YesNo 36.7%

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

65.5% YesNo 34.5%

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

55.6% YesNo 44.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

GRÜNE36.6% · strongest party

GRÜNE36.6%

SVP35.4%

GLP13.2%

Übrige6.8%

SP4.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier220%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

220%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 334 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

18'510 CHF(18.5%)

Rank 334 of 334 in the canton · 2097 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:18'510 CHF(~18.5%)

ScheltenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schelten	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.9%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	13%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	14.5%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	15.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	16.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	17.5%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	18.5%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	19.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	20.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	21.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	22%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	22.8%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	24.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	26.3%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	27.8%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	29.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	30.2%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	31.2%	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 1991–20208.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'297 mm

8.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'203 m

Mean elevation

922 m

Relief

500 m

Mean slope

23.1°

Flat share

1.6%

South-facing

20.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 500 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

0.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

1.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

200

1 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 H4

27.7 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.89 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.25 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

27.7 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.35 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

Built before 194684.2%

Built since 20015.3%

0 %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 78 min · Car 72 min

AgglomerationPT 68 min · Car 33 min

Remoteness 90/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websiteschelten.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities37 #333 BE · #2106 CH Families & children13.5% #317 BE · #2034 CH Age structure21.6% #236 BE · #926 CH Women share48.6% #296 BE · #1670 CH Foreign residents2.7% #314 BE · #2081 CH Population density7/km² #330 BE · #2055 CH Tax burden18'510 #334 BE · #2097 CH Taxes220% #334 BE Warmest municipalities8.1 °C #245 BE · #1679 CH Sunniest municipalities40.4% #289 BE · #1635 CH Rainiest municipalities1'297 mm #81 BE · #495 CH Voter turnout31.2% #329 BE · #2105 CH SVP strongholds35.4% #251 BE · #944 CH SP strongholds4.7% #307 BE · #1944 CH Centre strongholds2.9% #300 BE · #1992 CH FDP strongholds0.4% #326 BE · #2067 CH GLP strongholds13.2% #26 BE · #83 CH Green strongholds36.6% #1 BE · #1 CH Largest by area5.6 km² #221 BE · #1450 CH Highest municipalities800 m #88 BE · #431 CH Remotest municipalities78 min #90 BE · #796 CH Best-connected municipalities78 min #246 BE · #1295 CH Highest peaks1'203 m #102 BE · #605 CH Highest-lying municipalities922 m #88 BE · #487 CH Greatest vertical range500 m #113 BE · #691 CH Steepest municipalities23.1° #44 BE · #318 CH Solar potential1 GWh #334 BE · #2105 CH Cheapest electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #131 BE · #891 CH Most expensive electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #218 BE · #1223 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2827

Schelten

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Schelten2827

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schelten?: The postal code of Schelten is 2827.
What is the tax rate in Schelten?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schelten is 220% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Schelten?: A single person without children pays about 18'510 CHF income tax in Schelten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 334 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schelten have?: Schelten has 37 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schelten?: Schelten has 1 foreign residents, a share of 2.7% (2025).

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