What is the postal code of Spiez?

Spiez has 6 postal codes: 3645, 3646, 3700, 3702, 3704, 3705.

What is the tax rate in Spiez?

The municipal tax multiplier of Spiez is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Spiez?

A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Spiez on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Spiez have?

Spiez has 13'332 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Spiez?

Spiez has 1'969 foreign residents, a share of 14.77% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Spiez

3645–3705

BE CANTON3645 3646 3700 3702+2 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

6'709 50.3%

Men

6'623 49.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'285 17.1%

Swiss citizens

11'363 85.2%

Foreign residents

1'969 14.8%

Population density

797 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'285 · 17.1%20–64 · 7'568 · 56.8%65+ · 3'479 · 26.1%

Foreign residents 14.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −10 (−0.1%) · 83 births · 134 deaths · net migration +38

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 Spiez

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 20.3% Yes

28.5% YesNo 71.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 42.4% Yes

27.1% YesNo 72.9%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 28.9% Yes

39.4% YesNo 60.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.4% Yes

54.1% YesNo 45.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.1% Yes

46.0% YesNo 54.0%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 31.7% Yes

46.9% YesNo 53.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 38.4% Yes

50.4% YesNo 49.6%

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 19.0% Yes

26.8% YesNo 73.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 48.0% Yes

38.4% YesNo 61.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 46.6% Yes

36.4% YesNo 63.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP28.8% · strongest party

SVP28.8%

SP16.9%

GLP13.7%

GRÜNE8.6%

Mitte7.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier160%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

160%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 85 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'561 CHF(16.6%)

Rank 76 of 334 in the canton · 1626 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:16'561 CHF(~16.6%)

SpiezCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Spiez	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.7%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.5%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.9%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.6%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.6%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.8%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.2%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.5%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.5%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.4%	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 1991–20208.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'213 mm

8.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

853 m

Mean elevation

643 m

Relief

295 m

Mean slope

9.6°

Flat share

32.5%

South-facing

9.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 295 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

83.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

104.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

18'500

Per inhabitant

6'238 kWh/yr

83 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Spiez →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 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

0.27 %

Second homes

12.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

7'674

Built before 194620.0%

Built since 200115.4%

0.27 %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

5'927

Workplaces

868

Services share

80.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 107 (1.8%) · Secondary 1'026 (17.3%) · Tertiary 4'794 (80.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

9.7 %

Farmland

577 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 49 min · Car 34 min

AgglomerationPT 10 min · Car 7 min

Remoteness 257/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number768

Websitespiez.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Spiez ranks

Largest municipalities13'332 #11 BE · #112 CH Growing municipalities-0.1% #204 BE · #1465 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.1% #133 BE · #646 CH Jobs per resident0.44 #113 BE · #697 CH Families & children17.1% #285 BE · #1802 CH Age structure26.1% #72 BE · #293 CH Women share50.3% #158 BE · #720 CH Foreign residents14.8% #96 BE · #1299 CH Population density797/km² #32 BE · #302 CH Tax burden16'561 #88 BE · #1638 CH Taxes160% #85 BE Warmest municipalities8.9 °C #174 BE · #1406 CH Sunniest municipalities46.1% #47 BE · #543 CH Rainiest municipalities1'213 mm #133 BE · #671 CH Voter turnout56.4% #104 BE · #1030 CH Against Switzerland8.8% #160 BE · #1276 CH Aligned with Switzerland91.2% #51 BE · #175 CH SVP strongholds28.8% #291 BE · #1343 CH SP strongholds16.9% #105 BE · #745 CH Centre strongholds7.9% #170 BE · #1454 CH FDP strongholds7.4% #116 BE · #1663 CH GLP strongholds13.7% #19 BE · #66 CH Green strongholds8.6% #106 BE · #781 CH Largest by area16.7 km² #91 BE · #575 CH Highest municipalities607 m #164 BE · #796 CH Second homes12.1% #165 BE · #893 CH Organic farming9.7% #192 BE · #1246 CH Best-connected municipalities49 min #84 BE · #429 CH Remotest municipalities49 min #257 BE · #1667 CH Highest peaks853 m #171 BE · #901 CH Highest-lying municipalities643 m #173 BE · #901 CH Greatest vertical range295 m #167 BE · #1007 CH Steepest municipalities9.6° #162 BE · #956 CH Solar potential83 GWh #16 BE · #131 CH Solar potential per capita6'238 kWh #312 BE · #1798 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #156 BE · #650 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #243 BE · #1513 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 6

Einigen3646 Faulensee3705 Gwatt (Thun)3645 Hondrich3702 Krattigen3704 Spiez3700

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Reutigen

BE · 1.3 km

Oberhofen am Thunersee

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Spiez?: Spiez has 6 postal codes: 3645, 3646, 3700, 3702, 3704, 3705.
What is the tax rate in Spiez?: The municipal tax multiplier of Spiez is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Spiez?: A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Spiez on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Spiez have?: Spiez has 13'332 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Spiez?: Spiez has 1'969 foreign residents, a share of 14.77% (2025).

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