What is the postal code of Twann-Tüscherz?

Twann-Tüscherz has 5 postal codes: 2505, 2512, 2513, 2516, 3235.

What is the tax rate in Twann-Tüscherz?

The municipal tax multiplier of Twann-Tüscherz is 165% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Twann-Tüscherz?

A single person without children pays about 16'723 CHF income tax in Twann-Tüscherz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Twann-Tüscherz have?

Twann-Tüscherz has 1'239 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Twann-Tüscherz?

Twann-Tüscherz has 210 foreign residents, a share of 16.95% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Twann-Tüscherz

2505–3235

BE CANTON2505 2512 2513 2516+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

599 48.3%

Men

640 51.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

199 16.1%

Swiss citizens

1'029 83.1%

Foreign residents

210 17.0%

Population density

100 pop./km²

0–19 · 199 · 16.1%20–64 · 703 · 56.7%65+ · 337 · 27.2%

Foreign residents 17.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +65 (+5.5%) · 7 births · 8 deaths · net migration +64

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 Twann-Tüscherz

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 Biel/Bienne: 35.0% Yes

29.9% YesNo 70.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 24.0% Yes

20.8% YesNo 79.2%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 43.6% Yes

35.0% YesNo 65.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 44.6% Yes

50.1% YesNo 49.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 39.2% Yes

39.4% YesNo 60.6%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 52.4% Yes

54.8% YesNo 45.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 62.3% Yes

61.0% YesNo 39.0%

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 Biel/Bienne: 37.1% Yes

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 33.9% Yes

31.3% YesNo 68.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 36.5% Yes

34.3% YesNo 65.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP27.4% · strongest party

SVP27.4%

SP21.8%

FDP14.1%

GRÜNE11.3%

GLP11.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier165%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

165%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 111 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'723 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 110 of 334 in the canton · 1721 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:16'723 CHF(~16.7%)

Twann-TüscherzCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Twann-Tüscherz	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	14.9%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.8%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.6%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.1%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.5%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.7%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.6%	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'378 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'038 m

Mean elevation

702 m

Relief

609 m

Mean slope

15.4°

Flat share

19.9%

South-facing

51.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 609 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

11.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

14.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'500

Per inhabitant

8'935 kWh/yr

11 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 Twann-Tüscherz →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

3.01 %

Second homes

24.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

798

Built before 194648.2%

Built since 200110.5%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

3.01 %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

341

Workplaces

106

Services share

54.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 105 (30.8%) · Secondary 51 (15.0%) · Tertiary 185 (54.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

41.9 %

Farmland

363 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 65 min · Car 50 min

AgglomerationPT 18 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 158/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number756

Websitetwann-tüscherz.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Twann-Tüscherz ranks

Largest municipalities1'239 #174 BE · #1298 CH Growing municipalities5.5% #5 BE · #32 CH Shrinking municipalities5.5% #330 BE · #2076 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #232 BE · #1371 CH Families & children16.1% #299 BE · #1905 CH Age structure27.2% #51 BE · #220 CH Women share48.3% #301 BE · #1768 CH Foreign residents17% #76 BE · #1135 CH Population density100/km² #203 BE · #1466 CH Tax burden16'723 #120 BE · #1731 CH Taxes165% #111 BE Warmest municipalities9 °C #159 BE · #1346 CH Sunniest municipalities41.6% #189 BE · #1191 CH Rainiest municipalities1'378 mm #54 BE · #386 CH Voter turnout59.9% #44 BE · #596 CH Against Switzerland12.7% #131 BE · #1050 CH Aligned with Switzerland87.3% #73 BE · #380 CH SVP strongholds27.4% #300 BE · #1432 CH SP strongholds21.8% #37 BE · #338 CH Centre strongholds8% #167 BE · #1441 CH FDP strongholds14.1% #10 BE · #912 CH GLP strongholds11% #61 BE · #218 CH Green strongholds11.3% #45 BE · #414 CH Largest by area12.4 km² #131 BE · #780 CH Highest municipalities434 m #328 BE · #1673 CH Second homes24.2% #39 BE · #300 CH Organic farming41.9% #17 BE · #184 CH Best-connected municipalities65 min #178 BE · #932 CH Remotest municipalities65 min #158 BE · #1162 CH Highest peaks1'038 m #128 BE · #705 CH Highest-lying municipalities702 m #152 BE · #764 CH Greatest vertical range609 m #95 BE · #607 CH Steepest municipalities15.4° #88 BE · #563 CH Solar potential11 GWh #216 BE · #1473 CH Solar potential per capita8'935 kWh #263 BE · #1277 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #153 BE · #647 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #240 BE · #1510 CH

Postal codes (5)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 5

Biel/Bienne2502 2503 2504 2505 Erlach3235 Lamboing2516 Tüscherz-Alfermée2512 Twann2513

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Twann-Tüscherz?: Twann-Tüscherz has 5 postal codes: 2505, 2512, 2513, 2516, 3235.
What is the tax rate in Twann-Tüscherz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Twann-Tüscherz is 165% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Twann-Tüscherz?: A single person without children pays about 16'723 CHF income tax in Twann-Tüscherz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Twann-Tüscherz have?: Twann-Tüscherz has 1'239 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Twann-Tüscherz?: Twann-Tüscherz has 210 foreign residents, a share of 16.95% (2025).

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