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

Siselen

2577

BE CANTON2577

Residents

640

Area

5.5 km²

Population density

116 pop./km²

Elevation

460 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

180%

Postal codes

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

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%

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

Vote results for Siselen

BFS

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

57.3% YesNo 42.7%

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

61.7% YesNo 38.3%

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

35.2% YesNo 64.8%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

43.7% YesNo 56.3%

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

17.3% YesNo 82.7%

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

36.8% YesNo 63.2%

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

35.8% YesNo 64.2%

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

71.0% YesNo 29.0%

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

41.9% YesNo 58.1%

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

16.0% YesNo 84.0%

All federal votes →

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

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 31.08.2026

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 31.08.2026

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

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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

30.1 Rp./kWh

Energy

13 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.06 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.7 Rp./kWh

30.1 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.35 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operator Einwohnergemeinde Siselen, Elektrizitätsversorgung

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

1.86 %

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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

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 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitesiselen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities640 #240 BE · #1688 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 turnout52.8% #168 BE · #1372 CH SVP strongholds49% #103 BE · #262 CH SP strongholds13.7% #162 BE · #1075 CH Centre strongholds13.7% #17 BE · #909 CH FDP strongholds5% #201 BE · #1849 CH GLP strongholds6% #218 BE · #964 CH Green strongholds5.3% #224 BE · #1482 CH Largest by area5.5 km² #224 BE · #1463 CH Highest municipalities460 m #291 BE · #1453 CH Remotest municipalities79 min #85 BE · #774 CH Best-connected municipalities79 min #249 BE · #1321 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 Cheapest electricity30.1 Rp./kWh #246 BE · #1635 CH Most expensive electricity30.1 Rp./kWh #89 BE · #472 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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