What is the postal code of Valbirse?

Valbirse has 2 postal codes: 2733, 2735.

What is the tax rate in Valbirse?

The municipal tax multiplier of Valbirse is 200% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Valbirse?

A single person without children pays about 17'860 CHF income tax in Valbirse on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 321 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Valbirse have?

Valbirse has 4'043 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Valbirse?

Valbirse has 809 foreign residents, a share of 20.01% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Valbirse

2733–2735

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'057 50.9%

Men

1'986 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

797 19.7%

Swiss citizens

3'234 80.0%

Foreign residents

809 20.0%

Population density

216 pop./km²

0–19 · 797 · 19.7%20–64 · 2'250 · 55.7%65+ · 996 · 24.6%

Foreign residents 20.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +69 (+1.7%) · 24 births · 41 deaths · net migration +90

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 Valbirse

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 26.2% Yes

21.2% YesNo 78.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 34.8% Yes

37.4% YesNo 62.7%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 40.6% Yes

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 47.9% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 48.1% Yes

53.0% YesNo 47.0%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 44.5% Yes

36.9% YesNo 63.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.5% Yes

52.5% YesNo 47.5%

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 Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 28.9% Yes

22.6% YesNo 77.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 42.3% Yes

46.8% YesNo 53.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois: 54.0% Yes

57.4% YesNo 42.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.2% · strongest party

SVP39.2%

SP21.0%

FDP13.6%

GRÜNE8.0%

EDU5.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier200%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

200%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 324 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'860 CHF(17.9%)

Rank 321 of 334 in the canton · 2069 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:17'860 CHF(~17.9%)

ValbirseCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Valbirse	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.5%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.5%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	14%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	15.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	16%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.8%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.9%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.6%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.5%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	21.3%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	22%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	27%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	28.2%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	29.3%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	30.3%	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 1991–20207.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'395 mm

7.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'335 m

Mean elevation

951 m

Relief

651 m

Mean slope

13.1°

Flat share

13.5%

South-facing

36.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 651 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

38.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

50.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'500

Per inhabitant

9'453 kWh/yr

38 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 Valbirse →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

8.06 %

Second homes

14 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'208

Built before 194624.2%

Built since 200114.5%

8.06 %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

1'767

Workplaces

230

Services share

54.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 60 (3.4%) · Secondary 747 (42.3%) · Tertiary 960 (54.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

5.9 %

Farmland

619 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 96 min · Car 61 min

AgglomerationPT 53 min · Car 27 min

Remoteness 39/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number717

Websitevalbirse.ch ↗

DistrictArrondissement administratif Jura bernois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Valbirse ranks

Largest municipalities4'043 #59 BE · #546 CH Growing municipalities1.7% #54 BE · #432 CH Shrinking municipalities1.7% #281 BE · #1674 CH Jobs per resident0.44 #112 BE · #696 CH Families & children19.7% #159 BE · #1242 CH Age structure24.6% #117 BE · #439 CH Women share50.9% #97 BE · #432 CH Foreign residents20% #52 BE · #864 CH Population density216/km² #114 BE · #983 CH Tax burden17'860 #326 BE · #2074 CH Taxes200% #324 BE Warmest municipalities7.8 °C #270 BE · #1739 CH Sunniest municipalities41.4% #201 BE · #1242 CH Rainiest municipalities1'395 mm #43 BE · #359 CH Voter turnout50% #261 BE · #1775 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #66 BE · #396 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #133 BE · #1017 CH SVP strongholds39.2% #207 BE · #702 CH SP strongholds21% #46 BE · #392 CH Centre strongholds2.4% #309 BE · #2029 CH FDP strongholds13.6% #15 BE · #969 CH GLP strongholds3.7% #279 BE · #1455 CH Green strongholds8% #117 BE · #873 CH Largest by area18.7 km² #81 BE · #512 CH Highest municipalities699 m #125 BE · #598 CH Second homes14% #119 BE · #675 CH Organic farming5.9% #237 BE · #1484 CH Best-connected municipalities96 min #295 BE · #1651 CH Remotest municipalities96 min #39 BE · #446 CH Highest peaks1'335 m #76 BE · #530 CH Highest-lying municipalities951 m #81 BE · #460 CH Greatest vertical range651 m #87 BE · #587 CH Steepest municipalities13.1° #116 BE · #691 CH Solar potential38 GWh #67 BE · #500 CH Solar potential per capita9'453 kWh #246 BE · #1167 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #137 BE · #631 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #224 BE · #1494 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Bévilard2735 Malleray2735 Pontenet2733

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Valbirse?: Valbirse has 2 postal codes: 2733, 2735.
What is the tax rate in Valbirse?: The municipal tax multiplier of Valbirse is 200% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Valbirse?: A single person without children pays about 17'860 CHF income tax in Valbirse on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 321 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Valbirse have?: Valbirse has 4'043 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Valbirse?: Valbirse has 809 foreign residents, a share of 20.01% (2025).

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