What is the postal code of Siselen?

The postal code of Siselen is 2577.

What is the tax rate in Siselen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Siselen is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Siselen?

A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Siselen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Siselen have?

Siselen has 640 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Siselen?

Siselen has 98 foreign residents, a share of 15.31% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Siselen

2577

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

306 47.8%

Men

334 52.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

105 16.4%

Swiss citizens

542 84.7%

Foreign residents

98 15.3%

Population density

116 pop./km²

0–19 · 105 · 16.4%20–64 · 383 · 59.8%65+ · 152 · 23.8%

Foreign residents 15.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +7 (+1.1%) · 2 births · 7 deaths · net migration +13

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 Siselen

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 Seeland: 22.8% Yes

15.8% YesNo 84.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

39.4% YesNo 60.7%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

27.5% YesNo 72.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

57.3% YesNo 42.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

61.7% YesNo 38.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

35.2% YesNo 64.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

43.7% YesNo 56.3%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

17.3% YesNo 82.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

36.8% YesNo 63.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

35.8% YesNo 64.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP49.0% · strongest party

SVP49.0%

SP13.7%

Mitte13.7%

GLP6.0%

GRÜNE5.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier180%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

180%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 223 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'210 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 211 of 334 in the canton · 1922 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:17'210 CHF(~17.2%)

SiselenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Siselen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.6%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.4%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.8%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.6%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.4%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 1991–202010.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020981 mm

10.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

493 m

Mean elevation

446 m

Relief

58 m

Mean slope

2.7°

Flat share

77.6%

South-facing

7.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 58 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

9.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

12.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'200

Per inhabitant

15'188 kWh/yr

10 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

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 Siselen →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

1.86 %

Second homes

11.6 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

323

Built before 194639.9%

Built since 200114.6%

1.86 %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

177

Workplaces

Services share

42.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 40 (22.6%) · Secondary 61 (34.5%) · Tertiary 76 (42.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

360 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 79 min · Car 33 min

AgglomerationPT 46 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 85/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number499

Websitesiselen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Siselen ranks

Largest municipalities640 #240 BE · #1688 CH Growing municipalities1.1% #100 BE · #731 CH Shrinking municipalities1.1% #235 BE · #1376 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #228 BE · #1367 CH Families & children16.4% #295 BE · #1886 CH Age structure23.8% #148 BE · #538 CH Women share47.8% #314 BE · #1897 CH Foreign residents15.3% #89 BE · #1256 CH Population density116/km² #191 BE · #1387 CH Tax burden17'210 #227 BE · #1938 CH Taxes180% #223 BE Warmest municipalities10.4 °C #10 BE · #239 CH Sunniest municipalities40.8% #255 BE · #1480 CH Rainiest municipalities981 mm #322 BE · #1707 CH Voter turnout53.4% #188 BE · #1431 CH SVP strongholds49% #103 BE · #262 CH SP strongholds13.7% #162 BE · #1078 CH Centre strongholds13.7% #17 BE · #914 CH FDP strongholds5% #201 BE · #1854 CH GLP strongholds6% #218 BE · #966 CH Green strongholds5.3% #224 BE · #1486 CH Largest by area5.5 km² #224 BE · #1463 CH Highest municipalities460 m #291 BE · #1452 CH Second homes11.6% #176 BE · #956 CH Organic farming0% #283 BE · #1653 CH Best-connected municipalities79 min #249 BE · #1321 CH Remotest municipalities79 min #85 BE · #774 CH Highest peaks493 m #316 BE · #1904 CH Highest-lying municipalities446 m #316 BE · #1742 CH Greatest vertical range58 m #312 BE · #2011 CH Steepest municipalities2.7° #304 BE · #1934 CH Solar potential10 GWh #232 BE · #1574 CH Solar potential per capita15'188 kWh #94 BE · #408 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2577

Siselen BE

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Siselen BE2577

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Siselen?: The postal code of Siselen is 2577.
What is the tax rate in Siselen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Siselen is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Siselen?: A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Siselen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Siselen have?: Siselen has 640 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Siselen?: Siselen has 98 foreign residents, a share of 15.31% (2025).

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