What is the postal code of Thurnen?

Thurnen has 2 postal codes: 3127, 3128.

What is the tax rate in Thurnen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Thurnen is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Thurnen?

A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Thurnen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Thurnen have?

Thurnen has 2'076 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Thurnen?

Thurnen has 167 foreign residents, a share of 8.04% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Thurnen

3127–3128

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'076 51.8%

Men

1'000 48.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

404 19.5%

Swiss citizens

1'909 92.0%

Foreign residents

167 8.0%

Population density

349 pop./km²

0–19 · 404 · 19.5%20–64 · 1'188 · 57.2%65+ · 484 · 23.3%

Foreign residents 8.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +16 (+0.8%) · 18 births · 17 deaths · net migration +19

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 Thurnen

BFS

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes

51.1% YesNo 49.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes

47.4% YesNo 52.6%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes

45.1% YesNo 54.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes

49.8% YesNo 50.3%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

26.9% YesNo 73.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes

34.6% YesNo 65.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes

32.9% YesNo 67.1%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 76.9% Yes

74.6% YesNo 25.4%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP35.7% · strongest party

SVP35.7%

SP17.1%

GRÜNE11.2%

GLP9.6%

Mitte7.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier185%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

185%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 250 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'373 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 245 of 334 in the canton · 1980 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:17'373 CHF(~17.4%)

ThurnenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Thurnen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.6%	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 1991–20209.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'078 mm

9.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

770 m

Mean elevation

591 m

Relief

235 m

Mean slope

5.9°

Flat share

51.3%

South-facing

1.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 235 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

18.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

24.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'200

Per inhabitant

9'075 kWh/yr

19 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 Thurnen →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

1.39 %

Second homes

11.1 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

1'009

Built before 194629.0%

Built since 200121.7%

1.39 %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

374

Workplaces

119

Services share

59.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 79 (21.1%) · Secondary 74 (19.8%) · Tertiary 221 (59.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12 %

Farmland

480 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 41 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 293/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number889

Websitethurnen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Thurnen ranks

Largest municipalities2'076 #124 BE · #949 CH Growing municipalities0.8% #124 BE · #919 CH Shrinking municipalities0.8% #213 BE · #1189 CH Jobs per resident0.18 #307 BE · #1852 CH Families & children19.5% #179 BE · #1300 CH Age structure23.3% #169 BE · #612 CH Women share51.8% #39 BE · #168 CH Foreign residents8% #205 BE · #1860 CH Population density349/km² #75 BE · #688 CH Tax burden17'373 #260 BE · #1995 CH Taxes185% #250 BE Warmest municipalities9.1 °C #152 BE · #1294 CH Sunniest municipalities44.7% #82 BE · #707 CH Rainiest municipalities1'078 mm #235 BE · #1234 CH Voter turnout60.3% #27 BE · #453 CH Against Switzerland10% #146 BE · #1213 CH Aligned with Switzerland90% #59 BE · #224 CH SVP strongholds35.7% #246 BE · #920 CH SP strongholds17.1% #100 BE · #727 CH Centre strongholds7.3% #192 BE · #1529 CH FDP strongholds5.4% #182 BE · #1824 CH GLP strongholds9.6% #111 BE · #369 CH Green strongholds11.2% #48 BE · #424 CH Largest by area6 km² #217 BE · #1394 CH Highest municipalities573 m #189 BE · #910 CH Second homes11.1% #190 BE · #1025 CH Organic farming12% #156 BE · #1083 CH Best-connected municipalities41 min #44 BE · #248 CH Remotest municipalities41 min #293 BE · #1849 CH Highest peaks770 m #191 BE · #1040 CH Highest-lying municipalities591 m #196 BE · #1042 CH Greatest vertical range235 m #187 BE · #1201 CH Steepest municipalities5.9° #219 BE · #1407 CH Solar potential19 GWh #153 BE · #1060 CH Solar potential per capita9'075 kWh #260 BE · #1242 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #182 BE · #676 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #269 BE · #1539 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Kirchenthurnen3128 Lohnstorf3127 Mühlethurnen3127

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Thurnen?: Thurnen has 2 postal codes: 3127, 3128.
What is the tax rate in Thurnen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Thurnen is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Thurnen?: A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Thurnen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Thurnen have?: Thurnen has 2'076 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Thurnen?: Thurnen has 167 foreign residents, a share of 8.04% (2025).

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