What is the postal code of Thörigen?

Thörigen has 3 postal codes: 3360, 3367, 3476.

What is the tax rate in Thörigen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Thörigen is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Thörigen?

A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Thörigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Thörigen have?

Thörigen has 1'179 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Thörigen?

Thörigen has 99 foreign residents, a share of 8.4% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Thörigen

3360–3476

BE CANTON3360 3367 3476

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

572 48.5%

Men

607 51.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

240 20.4%

Swiss citizens

1'080 91.6%

Foreign residents

99 8.4%

Population density

259 pop./km²

0–19 · 240 · 20.4%20–64 · 708 · 60.1%65+ · 231 · 19.6%

Foreign residents 8.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −14 (−1.2%) · 10 births · 12 deaths · net migration −11

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 Thörigen

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 Oberaargau: 22.2% Yes

21.3% YesNo 78.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.3% Yes

38.8% YesNo 61.2%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.1% Yes

30.5% YesNo 69.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 58.5% Yes

59.3% YesNo 40.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 57.9% Yes

67.7% YesNo 32.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 34.8% Yes

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 46.2% Yes

43.4% YesNo 56.6%

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 Oberaargau: 20.9% Yes

14.4% YesNo 85.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 42.2% Yes

46.0% YesNo 54.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 39.8% Yes

39.4% YesNo 60.6%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP50.3% · strongest party

SVP50.3%

Mitte11.9%

SP10.2%

FDP7.3%

GLP6.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

175%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 168 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'048 CHF(17%)

Rank 167 of 334 in the canton · 1863 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:17'048 CHF(~17%)

ThörigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Thörigen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.1%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	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 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'107 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

587 m

Mean elevation

514 m

Relief

110 m

Mean slope

5.9°

Flat share

60.4%

South-facing

9.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 110 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

14.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

18.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'100

Per inhabitant

11'942 kWh/yr

14 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 Thörigen →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

2.16 %

Second homes

10 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

602

Built before 194629.2%

Built since 200120.1%

2.16 %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

349

Workplaces

Services share

48.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 43 (12.3%) · Secondary 137 (39.3%) · Tertiary 169 (48.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

27.3 %

Farmland

242 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 56 min · Car 47 min

AgglomerationPT 14 min · Car 8 min

Remoteness 207/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number989

Websitethoerigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Thörigen ranks

Largest municipalities1'179 #182 BE · #1339 CH Growing municipalities-1.2% #281 BE · #1857 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.2% #55 BE · #253 CH Jobs per resident0.3 #218 BE · #1276 CH Families & children20.4% #115 BE · #1000 CH Age structure19.6% #298 BE · #1321 CH Women share48.5% #299 BE · #1698 CH Foreign residents8.4% #195 BE · #1831 CH Population density259/km² #95 BE · #862 CH Tax burden17'048 #185 BE · #1881 CH Taxes175% #168 BE Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #114 BE · #1132 CH Sunniest municipalities40.6% #275 BE · #1559 CH Rainiest municipalities1'107 mm #207 BE · #1066 CH Voter turnout51.8% #227 BE · #1611 CH Against Switzerland22.8% #55 BE · #330 CH Aligned with Switzerland77.2% #147 BE · #1125 CH SVP strongholds50.3% #95 BE · #231 CH SP strongholds10.2% #235 BE · #1505 CH Centre strongholds11.9% #42 BE · #1043 CH FDP strongholds7.3% #119 BE · #1673 CH GLP strongholds6.2% #215 BE · #928 CH Green strongholds3.6% #287 BE · #1791 CH Largest by area4.6 km² #246 BE · #1603 CH Highest municipalities486 m #265 BE · #1280 CH Second homes10% #223 BE · #1213 CH Organic farming27.3% #38 BE · #387 CH Best-connected municipalities56 min #130 BE · #645 CH Remotest municipalities56 min #207 BE · #1447 CH Highest peaks587 m #259 BE · #1591 CH Highest-lying municipalities514 m #249 BE · #1368 CH Greatest vertical range110 m #273 BE · #1785 CH Steepest municipalities5.9° #221 BE · #1409 CH Solar potential14 GWh #193 BE · #1285 CH Solar potential per capita11'942 kWh #179 BE · #761 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #215 BE · #709 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #302 BE · #1572 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Herzogenbuchsee3360 Oschwand3476 Thörigen3367

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Thörigen?: Thörigen has 3 postal codes: 3360, 3367, 3476.
What is the tax rate in Thörigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Thörigen is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Thörigen?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Thörigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Thörigen have?: Thörigen has 1'179 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Thörigen?: Thörigen has 99 foreign residents, a share of 8.4% (2025).

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