What is the postal code of Sumiswald?

Sumiswald has 7 postal codes: 3416, 3454, 3455, 3457, 3462, 4952, 4954.

What is the tax rate in Sumiswald?

The municipal tax multiplier of Sumiswald is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Sumiswald?

A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Sumiswald on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Sumiswald have?

Sumiswald has 5'234 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Sumiswald?

Sumiswald has 533 foreign residents, a share of 10.18% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Sumiswald

3416–4954

BE CANTON3416 3454 3455 3457+3 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'603 49.7%

Men

2'631 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'034 19.8%

Swiss citizens

4'701 89.8%

Foreign residents

533 10.2%

Population density

88 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'034 · 19.8%20–64 · 2'863 · 54.7%65+ · 1'337 · 25.5%

Foreign residents 10.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +25 (+0.5%) · 42 births · 57 deaths · net migration +37

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 Sumiswald

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 Emmental: 21.9% Yes

17.6% YesNo 82.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 31.8% Yes

39.1% YesNo 60.9%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 35.2% Yes

30.8% YesNo 69.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 56.4% Yes

58.8% YesNo 41.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 55.4% Yes

62.7% YesNo 37.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 37.8% Yes

29.1% YesNo 71.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 44.7% Yes

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

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 Emmental: 23.2% Yes

19.6% YesNo 80.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 40.4% Yes

46.1% YesNo 53.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 39.1% Yes

45.1% YesNo 54.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP47.8% · strongest party

SVP47.8%

SP10.8%

Mitte8.4%

EDU6.6%

GLP6.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier179%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

179%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 199 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'178 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 193 of 334 in the canton · 1902 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:17'178 CHF(~17.2%)

SumiswaldCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Sumiswald	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	14.5%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.3%	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%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.5%	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	24.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	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 1991–20208 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'239 mm

8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'375 m

Mean elevation

914 m

Relief

738 m

Mean slope

18.9°

Flat share

10.2%

South-facing

21.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 738 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

73.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

94.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

16'400

Per inhabitant

14'106 kWh/yr

74 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

32.92 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.5 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

15.52 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.9 Rp./kWh

32.92 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Energie AG Sumiswald

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 Sumiswald →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

0.36 %

Second homes

15.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'746

Built before 194649.5%

Built since 200112.0%

0.36 %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

3'068

Workplaces

463

Services share

48.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 435 (14.2%) · Secondary 1'154 (37.6%) · Tertiary 1'479 (48.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

149

Organic share

20.8 %

Farmland

2'541 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 84 min · Car 56 min

AgglomerationPT 55 min · Car 31 min

Remoteness 72/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number957

Websitesumiswald.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Sumiswald ranks

Largest municipalities5'234 #40 BE · #408 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #151 BE · #1112 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #184 BE · #996 CH Jobs per resident0.59 #52 BE · #356 CH Families & children19.8% #151 BE · #1217 CH Age structure25.5% #92 BE · #350 CH Women share49.7% #223 BE · #1112 CH Foreign residents10.2% #151 BE · #1683 CH Population density88/km² #229 BE · #1548 CH Tax burden17'178 #209 BE · #1918 CH Taxes179% #199 BE Warmest municipalities8 °C #256 BE · #1702 CH Sunniest municipalities41.5% #198 BE · #1217 CH Rainiest municipalities1'239 mm #115 BE · #607 CH Voter turnout47.7% #293 BE · #1940 CH Against Switzerland22.5% #60 BE · #340 CH Aligned with Switzerland77.5% #144 BE · #1076 CH SVP strongholds47.8% #111 BE · #301 CH SP strongholds10.8% #221 BE · #1429 CH Centre strongholds8.4% #158 BE · #1391 CH FDP strongholds5.6% #176 BE · #1809 CH GLP strongholds6.2% #214 BE · #927 CH Green strongholds5.2% #234 BE · #1511 CH Largest by area59.3 km² #18 BE · #137 CH Highest municipalities948 m #48 BE · #296 CH Second homes15.8% #89 BE · #517 CH Organic farming20.8% #63 BE · #600 CH Best-connected municipalities84 min #267 BE · #1428 CH Remotest municipalities84 min #72 BE · #670 CH Highest peaks1'375 m #74 BE · #518 CH Highest-lying municipalities914 m #93 BE · #496 CH Greatest vertical range738 m #74 BE · #532 CH Steepest municipalities18.9° #64 BE · #421 CH Solar potential74 GWh #20 BE · #168 CH Solar potential per capita14'106 kWh #125 BE · #518 CH Cheapest electricity32.92 Rp./kWh #319 BE · #2023 CH Most expensive electricity32.92 Rp./kWh #15 BE · #83 CH

Postal codes (7)

swisstopo

3416

Affoltern im Emmental

Localities

swisstopo · 7

Affoltern im Emmental3416 Eriswil4952 Grünen3455 Sumiswald3454 Wasen im Emmental3457 Weier im Emmental3462 Wyssachen4954

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Affoltern im Emmental

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Sumiswald?: Sumiswald has 7 postal codes: 3416, 3454, 3455, 3457, 3462, 4952, 4954.
What is the tax rate in Sumiswald?: The municipal tax multiplier of Sumiswald is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Sumiswald?: A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Sumiswald on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Sumiswald have?: Sumiswald has 5'234 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Sumiswald?: Sumiswald has 533 foreign residents, a share of 10.18% (2025).

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