What is the postal code of Sonceboz-Sombeval?

Sonceboz-Sombeval has 3 postal codes: 2605, 2606, 2720.

What is the tax rate in Sonceboz-Sombeval?

The municipal tax multiplier of Sonceboz-Sombeval is 162% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Sonceboz-Sombeval?

A single person without children pays about 16'626 CHF income tax in Sonceboz-Sombeval on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 91 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Sonceboz-Sombeval have?

Sonceboz-Sombeval has 1'874 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Sonceboz-Sombeval?

Sonceboz-Sombeval has 319 foreign residents, a share of 17.02% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Sonceboz-Sombeval

2605–2720

BE CANTON2605 2606 2720

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

908 48.5%

Men

966 51.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

411 21.9%

Swiss citizens

1'555 83.0%

Foreign residents

319 17.0%

Population density

125 pop./km²

0–19 · 411 · 21.9%20–64 · 1'104 · 58.9%65+ · 359 · 19.2%

Foreign residents 17.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −35 (−1.8%) · 13 births · 18 deaths · net migration −30

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 Sonceboz-Sombeval

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

21.6% YesNo 78.4%

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

42.4% YesNo 57.6%

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

40.5% YesNo 59.6%

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

46.8% YesNo 53.2%

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

55.0% YesNo 45.1%

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

35.8% YesNo 64.2%

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

54.6% YesNo 45.4%

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

23.5% YesNo 76.5%

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

49.7% YesNo 50.3%

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

57.9% YesNo 42.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.9% · strongest party

SVP37.9%

SP17.3%

GRÜNE11.5%

EVP9.9%

EDU6.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier162%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

162%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 91 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'626 CHF(16.6%)

Rank 91 of 334 in the canton · 1660 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:16'626 CHF(~16.6%)

Sonceboz-SombevalCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Sonceboz-Sombeval	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.8%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.6%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.6%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.1%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.9%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.6%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.4%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.5%	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 1991–20208.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'213 mm

8.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'301 m

Mean elevation

894 m

Relief

682 m

Mean slope

19.2°

Flat share

9.8%

South-facing

30.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 682 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

18.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

24.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'100

Per inhabitant

9'765 kWh/yr

18 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 Sonceboz-Sombeval →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

1.65 %

Second homes

16.3 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

970

Built before 194632.2%

Built since 200115.4%

1.65 %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

1'691

Workplaces

117

Services share

31.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 39 (2.3%) · Secondary 1'124 (66.5%) · Tertiary 528 (31.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

9.1 %

Farmland

475 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 70 min · Car 52 min

AgglomerationPT 31 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 131/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number444

Websitesonceboz.ch ↗

DistrictArrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Sonceboz-Sombeval ranks

Largest municipalities1'874 #130 BE · #1009 CH Growing municipalities-1.8% #300 BE · #1969 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.8% #35 BE · #139 CH Jobs per resident0.9 #14 BE · #113 CH Families & children21.9% #47 BE · #556 CH Age structure19.2% #306 BE · #1388 CH Women share48.5% #298 BE · #1697 CH Foreign residents17% #75 BE · #1125 CH Population density125/km² #180 BE · #1340 CH Tax burden16'626 #92 BE · #1661 CH Taxes162% #91 BE Warmest municipalities8.7 °C #193 BE · #1486 CH Sunniest municipalities41.5% #193 BE · #1212 CH Rainiest municipalities1'213 mm #132 BE · #670 CH Voter turnout45.6% #309 BE · #2016 CH Against Switzerland21.8% #63 BE · #389 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.2% #136 BE · #1066 CH SVP strongholds37.9% #223 BE · #774 CH SP strongholds17.3% #96 BE · #705 CH Centre strongholds3.2% #298 BE · #1973 CH FDP strongholds6.6% #141 BE · #1737 CH GLP strongholds4.8% #253 BE · #1235 CH Green strongholds11.5% #40 BE · #391 CH Largest by area15 km² #105 BE · #646 CH Highest municipalities669 m #134 BE · #653 CH Second homes16.3% #85 BE · #494 CH Organic farming9.1% #202 BE · #1276 CH Best-connected municipalities70 min #202 BE · #1072 CH Remotest municipalities70 min #131 BE · #1021 CH Highest peaks1'301 m #81 BE · #549 CH Highest-lying municipalities894 m #99 BE · #512 CH Greatest vertical range682 m #82 BE · #566 CH Steepest municipalities19.2° #61 BE · #411 CH Solar potential18 GWh #159 BE · #1091 CH Solar potential per capita9'765 kWh #234 BE · #1105 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #67 BE · #561 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #154 BE · #1424 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Corgémont2606 La Tanne2720 Sonceboz-Sombeval2605

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Sonceboz-Sombeval?: Sonceboz-Sombeval has 3 postal codes: 2605, 2606, 2720.
What is the tax rate in Sonceboz-Sombeval?: The municipal tax multiplier of Sonceboz-Sombeval is 162% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Sonceboz-Sombeval?: A single person without children pays about 16'626 CHF income tax in Sonceboz-Sombeval on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 91 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Sonceboz-Sombeval have?: Sonceboz-Sombeval has 1'874 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Sonceboz-Sombeval?: Sonceboz-Sombeval has 319 foreign residents, a share of 17.02% (2025).

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