What is the postal code of Urtenen-Schönbühl?

The postal code of Urtenen-Schönbühl is 3322.

What is the tax rate in Urtenen-Schönbühl?

The municipal tax multiplier of Urtenen-Schönbühl is 150% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Urtenen-Schönbühl?

A single person without children pays about 16'236 CHF income tax in Urtenen-Schönbühl on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 36 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Urtenen-Schönbühl have?

Urtenen-Schönbühl has 6'632 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Urtenen-Schönbühl?

Urtenen-Schönbühl has 1'578 foreign residents, a share of 23.79% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Urtenen-Schönbühl

3322

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'393 51.2%

Men

3'239 48.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'428 21.5%

Swiss citizens

5'054 76.2%

Foreign residents

1'578 23.8%

Population density

922 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'428 · 21.5%20–64 · 3'849 · 58.0%65+ · 1'355 · 20.4%

Foreign residents 23.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +87 (+1.3%) · 57 births · 48 deaths · net migration +76

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 Urtenen-Schönbühl

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 Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes

26.1% YesNo 73.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes

25.2% YesNo 74.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes

41.8% YesNo 58.2%

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

54.5% YesNo 45.6%

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

46.4% YesNo 53.6%

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

49.6% YesNo 50.4%

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

57.8% YesNo 42.2%

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

27.5% YesNo 72.5%

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

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

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

33.3% YesNo 66.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP31.2% · strongest party

SVP31.2%

SP22.0%

GLP11.4%

Mitte10.3%

GRÜNE7.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier150%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

150%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 40 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'236 CHF(16.2%)

Rank 36 of 334 in the canton · 1407 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:16'236 CHF(~16.2%)

Urtenen-SchönbühlCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Urtenen-Schönbühl	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.5%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.5%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.2%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.4%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.8%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.9%	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 1991–20201'036 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

770 m

Mean elevation

553 m

Relief

256 m

Mean slope

4.8°

Flat share

70.8%

South-facing

6.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 256 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

36.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

47.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'100

Per inhabitant

5'470 kWh/yr

36 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

28.98 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.6 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.32 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.2 Rp./kWh

28.98 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Genossenschaft Elektra, Jegenstorf

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 Urtenen-Schönbühl →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

1.2 %

Second homes

5.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

3'178

Built before 19468.2%

Built since 200120.9%

1.2 %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

3'889

Workplaces

349

Services share

82 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 36 (0.9%) · Secondary 663 (17.0%) · Tertiary 3'190 (82.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

299 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 29 min · Car 24 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 322/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number551

Websiteurtenen-schoenbuehl.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Urtenen-Schönbühl ranks

Largest municipalities6'632 #26 BE · #308 CH Growing municipalities1.3% #82 BE · #619 CH Shrinking municipalities1.3% #253 BE · #1490 CH Jobs per resident0.59 #50 BE · #354 CH Families & children21.5% #64 BE · #655 CH Age structure20.4% #278 BE · #1158 CH Women share51.2% #68 BE · #307 CH Foreign residents23.8% #29 BE · #609 CH Population density922/km² #25 BE · #256 CH Tax burden16'236 #43 BE · #1414 CH Taxes150% #40 BE Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #103 BE · #1121 CH Sunniest municipalities42.4% #153 BE · #1062 CH Rainiest municipalities1'036 mm #286 BE · #1458 CH Voter turnout47.2% #298 BE · #1962 CH Against Switzerland2.9% #198 BE · #1452 CH Aligned with Switzerland97.1% #2 BE · #3 CH SVP strongholds31.2% #277 BE · #1196 CH SP strongholds22% #31 BE · #319 CH Centre strongholds10.3% #87 BE · #1171 CH FDP strongholds7.1% #126 BE · #1693 CH GLP strongholds11.4% #54 BE · #189 CH Green strongholds7.2% #148 BE · #1045 CH Largest by area7.2 km² #186 BE · #1220 CH Highest municipalities525 m #235 BE · #1095 CH Second homes5.5% #329 BE · #2012 CH Organic farming0% #288 BE · #1658 CH Best-connected municipalities29 min #13 BE · #70 CH Remotest municipalities29 min #322 BE · #2036 CH Highest peaks770 m #190 BE · #1039 CH Highest-lying municipalities553 m #227 BE · #1201 CH Greatest vertical range256 m #178 BE · #1128 CH Steepest municipalities4.8° #245 BE · #1607 CH Solar potential36 GWh #74 BE · #538 CH Solar potential per capita5'470 kWh #322 BE · #1904 CH Cheapest electricity28.98 Rp./kWh #272 BE · #1629 CH Most expensive electricity28.98 Rp./kWh #67 BE · #482 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3322

Urtenen-Schönbühl

Localities

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Urtenen-Schönbühl3322

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Urtenen-Schönbühl?: The postal code of Urtenen-Schönbühl is 3322.
What is the tax rate in Urtenen-Schönbühl?: The municipal tax multiplier of Urtenen-Schönbühl is 150% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Urtenen-Schönbühl?: A single person without children pays about 16'236 CHF income tax in Urtenen-Schönbühl on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 36 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Urtenen-Schönbühl have?: Urtenen-Schönbühl has 6'632 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Urtenen-Schönbühl?: Urtenen-Schönbühl has 1'578 foreign residents, a share of 23.79% (2025).

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