What is the postal code of Sigriswil?

Sigriswil has 7 postal codes: 3619, 3623, 3654, 3655, 3656, 3657, 3658.

What is the tax rate in Sigriswil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Sigriswil is 166% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Sigriswil?

A single person without children pays about 16'756 CHF income tax in Sigriswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 122 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Sigriswil have?

Sigriswil has 4'943 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Sigriswil?

Sigriswil has 645 foreign residents, a share of 13.05% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Sigriswil

3619–3658

BE CANTON3619 3623 3654 3655+3 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'534 51.3%

Men

2'409 48.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

618 12.5%

Swiss citizens

4'298 87.0%

Foreign residents

645 13.1%

Population density

89 pop./km²

0–19 · 618 · 12.5%20–64 · 2'573 · 52.1%65+ · 1'752 · 35.4%

Foreign residents 13.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +72 (+1.5%) · 28 births · 76 deaths · net migration +119

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 Sigriswil

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 Thun: 27.2% Yes

26.9% YesNo 73.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 31.4% Yes

45.3% YesNo 54.7%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 36.3% Yes

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 56.1% Yes

65.2% YesNo 34.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 50.8% Yes

63.8% YesNo 36.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 41.4% Yes

31.9% YesNo 68.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 47.4% Yes

45.0% YesNo 55.0%

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 Thun: 25.2% Yes

20.3% YesNo 79.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.9% Yes

48.7% YesNo 51.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.0% Yes

50.7% YesNo 49.3%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP43.1% · strongest party

SVP43.1%

Übrige12.4%

SP10.0%

GLP8.4%

Mitte8.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier166%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

166%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 122 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'756 CHF(16.8%)

Rank 122 of 334 in the canton · 1742 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:16'756 CHF(~16.8%)

SigriswilCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Sigriswil	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.8%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.7%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.1%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.2%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.9%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.8%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.8%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.6%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.5%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.8%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.6%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.1%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.5%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.8%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.7%	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 1991–20207.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'568 mm

7.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'057 m

Mean elevation

1'218 m

Relief

1'500 m

Mean slope

23.7°

Flat share

2.5%

South-facing

26.3%

Above 2000 m

0.2%

Relief 1'500 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

51.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

68.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

11'400

Per inhabitant

10'394 kWh/yr

51 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 Sigriswil →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

0.82 %

Second homes

34.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.3

Dwellings

3'910

Built before 194633.4%

Built since 200116.1%

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

0.82 %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

1'869

Workplaces

381

Services share

75.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 283 (15.1%) · Secondary 183 (9.8%) · Tertiary 1'403 (75.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

36 %

Farmland

1'192 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 67 min · Car 49 min

AgglomerationPT 31 min · Car 25 min

Remoteness 148/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number938

Websitesigriswil.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Sigriswil ranks

Largest municipalities4'943 #43 BE · #441 CH Growing municipalities1.5% #71 BE · #546 CH Shrinking municipalities1.5% #264 BE · #1560 CH Jobs per resident0.38 #149 BE · #914 CH Families & children12.5% #326 BE · #2057 CH Age structure35.4% #2 BE · #24 CH Women share51.3% #63 BE · #285 CH Foreign residents13.1% #118 BE · #1450 CH Population density89/km² #226 BE · #1537 CH Tax burden16'756 #122 BE · #1742 CH Taxes166% #122 BE Warmest municipalities7.5 °C #288 BE · #1781 CH Sunniest municipalities45.8% #53 BE · #579 CH Rainiest municipalities1'568 mm #14 BE · #196 CH Voter turnout56.9% #94 BE · #960 CH Against Switzerland26.5% #36 BE · #159 CH Aligned with Switzerland73.5% #168 BE · #1275 CH SVP strongholds43.1% #162 BE · #491 CH SP strongholds10% #237 BE · #1519 CH Centre strongholds8.1% #165 BE · #1428 CH FDP strongholds5.4% #184 BE · #1826 CH GLP strongholds8.4% #139 BE · #516 CH Green strongholds5.2% #233 BE · #1510 CH Largest by area55.4 km² #21 BE · #152 CH Highest municipalities1'349 m #13 BE · #127 CH Second homes34.4% #23 BE · #237 CH Organic farming36% #23 BE · #238 CH Best-connected municipalities67 min #191 BE · #984 CH Remotest municipalities67 min #148 BE · #1111 CH Highest peaks2'057 m #47 BE · #344 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'218 m #37 BE · #299 CH Greatest vertical range1'500 m #39 BE · #332 CH Steepest municipalities23.7° #42 BE · #298 CH Solar potential51 GWh #38 BE · #310 CH Solar potential per capita10'394 kWh #218 BE · #1003 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #195 BE · #689 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #282 BE · #1552 CH

Postal codes (7)

swisstopo

Schwanden (Sigriswil)

3658

Merligen

Localities

swisstopo · 9

Aeschlen ob Gunten3656 Eriz3619 Gunten3654 Merligen3658 Ringoldswil3656 Schwanden (Sigriswil)3657 Sigriswil3655 Teuffenthal b. Thun3623 Tschingel ob Gunten3656

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Sigriswil?: Sigriswil has 7 postal codes: 3619, 3623, 3654, 3655, 3656, 3657, 3658.
What is the tax rate in Sigriswil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Sigriswil is 166% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Sigriswil?: A single person without children pays about 16'756 CHF income tax in Sigriswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 122 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Sigriswil have?: Sigriswil has 4'943 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Sigriswil?: Sigriswil has 645 foreign residents, a share of 13.05% (2025).

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