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 · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Schelten

2827

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

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%

Population change 2025: +4 (+12.1%) · 1 births · 0 deaths · net migration +3

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 Schelten

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

65.2% YesNo 34.8%

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

38.1% YesNo 61.9%

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

52.4% YesNo 47.6%

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

41.5% YesNo 58.5%

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

51.2% YesNo 48.8%

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

45.5% YesNo 54.6%

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

87.5% YesNo 12.5%

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

42.3% YesNo 57.7%

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

43.3% YesNo 56.7%

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

48.3% YesNo 51.7%

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

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 25.09.2026

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 24.09.2026

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

Per inhabitant

20'811 kWh/yr

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 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 Schelten →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

0 %

Second homes

15.8 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

Built before 194684.2%

Built since 20015.3%

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

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 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

Workplaces

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 0 (0.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

66.7 %

Farmland

301 ha

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

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 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number708

Websiteschelten.ch ↗

DistrictArrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schelten ranks

Largest municipalities37 #333 BE · #2106 CH Growing municipalities12.1% #1 BE · #3 CH Shrinking municipalities12.1% #334 BE · #2106 CH Jobs per resident0.7 #32 BE · #222 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 turnout32% #329 BE · #2105 CH SVP strongholds35.4% #251 BE · #947 CH SP strongholds4.7% #307 BE · #1949 CH Centre strongholds2.9% #300 BE · #1996 CH FDP strongholds0.4% #326 BE · #2072 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 Second homes15.8% #90 BE · #518 CH Organic farming66.7% #4 BE · #59 CH Best-connected municipalities78 min #246 BE · #1296 CH Remotest municipalities78 min #90 BE · #796 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 Solar potential per capita20'811 kWh #26 BE · #165 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #131 BE · #625 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #218 BE · #1488 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2827

Schelten

Localities

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Schelten2827

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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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