What is the postal code of Schwarzenburg?

Schwarzenburg has 6 postal codes: 3148, 3150, 3152, 3154, 3157, 3183.

What is the tax rate in Schwarzenburg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schwarzenburg is 186% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Schwarzenburg?

A single person without children pays about 17'405 CHF income tax in Schwarzenburg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 263 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schwarzenburg have?

Schwarzenburg has 6'797 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schwarzenburg?

Schwarzenburg has 479 foreign residents, a share of 7.05% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE

Schwarzenburg

3148–3183

BE CANTON3148 3150 3152 3154+2 PLZ

Residents

6'797

Area

44.8 km²

Population density

152 pop./km²

Elevation

792 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

1'001 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

186%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'466 51.0%

Men

3'331 49.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'198 17.6%

Swiss citizens

6'318 93.0%

Foreign residents

479 7.1%

Population density

152 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'198 · 17.6%20–64 · 3'702 · 54.5%65+ · 1'897 · 27.9%

Foreign residents 7.1%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Schwarzenburg

BFS

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

53.4% YesNo 46.6%

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

51.1% YesNo 48.9%

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

42.1% YesNo 57.9%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

48.0% YesNo 52.1%

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

26.0% YesNo 74.0%

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

36.0% YesNo 64.0%

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

36.8% YesNo 63.3%

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

74.5% YesNo 25.5%

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

45.2% YesNo 54.8%

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

18.2% YesNo 81.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.8% · strongest party

SVP39.8%

SP17.5%

Mitte9.8%

GRÜNE8.8%

GLP8.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier186%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

186%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 265 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'405 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 263 of 334 in the canton · 1999 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:17'405 CHF(~17.4%)

SchwarzenburgCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schwarzenburg	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.3%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.3%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.2%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.8%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.4%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.7%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.6%	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 1991–20208.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'193 mm

8.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'001 m

Mean elevation

784 m

Relief

424 m

Mean slope

11°

Flat share

28.8%

South-facing

11.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 424 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

89.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

120.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

19'900

90 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

0.62 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

3'561

Built before 194636.1%

Built since 200114.1%

0.62 %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 51 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 42 min · Car 35 min

Remoteness 237/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websiteschwarzenburg.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities6'797 #25 BE · #296 CH Families & children17.6% #266 BE · #1723 CH Age structure27.9% #39 BE · #175 CH Women share51% #85 BE · #383 CH Foreign residents7.1% #228 BE · #1921 CH Population density152/km² #154 BE · #1212 CH Tax burden17'405 #265 BE · #2001 CH Taxes186% #265 BE Warmest municipalities8.3 °C #229 BE · #1631 CH Sunniest municipalities43.9% #105 BE · #853 CH Rainiest municipalities1'193 mm #144 BE · #709 CH Voter turnout51.8% #195 BE · #1488 CH Against Switzerland7% #174 BE · #1363 CH Aligned with Switzerland93% #28 BE · #87 CH SVP strongholds39.8% #200 BE · #670 CH SP strongholds17.5% #93 BE · #677 CH Centre strongholds9.8% #104 BE · #1218 CH FDP strongholds5.4% #180 BE · #1817 CH GLP strongholds8.2% #145 BE · #546 CH Green strongholds8.8% #95 BE · #734 CH Largest by area44.8 km² #29 BE · #201 CH Highest municipalities792 m #92 BE · #440 CH Remotest municipalities51 min #237 BE · #1608 CH Best-connected municipalities51 min #100 BE · #499 CH Highest peaks1'001 m #136 BE · #728 CH Highest-lying municipalities784 m #129 BE · #630 CH Greatest vertical range424 m #129 BE · #785 CH Steepest municipalities11° #139 BE · #848 CH Solar potential90 GWh #12 BE · #114 CH Cheapest electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #167 BE · #927 CH Most expensive electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #254 BE · #1259 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 6

Albligen3183 Lanzenhäusern3148 Mamishaus3152 Milken3157 Rüschegg Heubach3154 Schwarzenburg3150

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schwarzenburg?: Schwarzenburg has 6 postal codes: 3148, 3150, 3152, 3154, 3157, 3183.
What is the tax rate in Schwarzenburg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schwarzenburg is 186% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Schwarzenburg?: A single person without children pays about 17'405 CHF income tax in Schwarzenburg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 263 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schwarzenburg have?: Schwarzenburg has 6'797 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schwarzenburg?: Schwarzenburg has 479 foreign residents, a share of 7.05% (2025).

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