What is the postal code of Vechigen?

Vechigen has 5 postal codes: 3066, 3067, 3068, 3076, 3513.

What is the tax rate in Vechigen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Vechigen is 154% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Vechigen?

A single person without children pays about 16'366 CHF income tax in Vechigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 49 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Vechigen have?

Vechigen has 6'070 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Vechigen?

Vechigen has 593 foreign residents, a share of 9.77% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Vechigen

3066–3513

BE CANTON3066 3067 3068 3076+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'063 50.5%

Men

3'007 49.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'111 18.3%

Swiss citizens

5'477 90.2%

Foreign residents

593 9.8%

Population density

245 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'111 · 18.3%20–64 · 3'512 · 57.9%65+ · 1'447 · 23.8%

Foreign residents 9.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +88 (+1.5%) · 43 births · 51 deaths · net migration +101

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 Vechigen

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

24.6% YesNo 75.4%

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

23.8% YesNo 76.2%

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

37.3% YesNo 62.7%

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

54.6% YesNo 45.5%

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

42.1% YesNo 57.9%

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

51.0% YesNo 49.0%

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

58.5% YesNo 41.5%

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 Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

27.1% YesNo 72.9%

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

32.8% YesNo 67.2%

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

30.0% YesNo 70.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP30.6% · strongest party

SVP30.6%

SP17.6%

GLP12.1%

Mitte10.8%

FDP9.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier154%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

154%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 55 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'366 CHF(16.4%)

Rank 49 of 334 in the canton · 1490 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:16'366 CHF(~16.4%)

VechigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Vechigen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.6%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.4%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.8%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.8%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.6%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.8%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.6%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.2%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.2%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.1%	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 1991–20208.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'186 mm

8.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

957 m

Mean elevation

748 m

Relief

407 m

Mean slope

11.7°

Flat share

23.8%

South-facing

20.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 407 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

49.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

66.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

11'100

Per inhabitant

8'222 kWh/yr

50 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300682 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Vechigen →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

0.47 %

Second homes

8.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'998

Built before 194622.5%

Built since 200132.7%

0.47 %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

1'486

Workplaces

316

Services share

75 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 229 (15.4%) · Secondary 142 (9.6%) · Tertiary 1'115 (75.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12 %

Farmland

1'385 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 37 min · Car 25 min

AgglomerationPT 37 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 303/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number359

Websitevechigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Vechigen ranks

Largest municipalities6'070 #30 BE · #339 CH Growing municipalities1.5% #72 BE · #550 CH Shrinking municipalities1.5% #263 BE · #1556 CH Jobs per resident0.24 #262 BE · #1561 CH Families & children18.3% #242 BE · #1609 CH Age structure23.8% #147 BE · #537 CH Women share50.5% #135 BE · #615 CH Foreign residents9.8% #159 BE · #1716 CH Population density245/km² #102 BE · #903 CH Tax burden16'366 #54 BE · #1495 CH Taxes154% #55 BE Warmest municipalities8.3 °C #224 BE · #1626 CH Sunniest municipalities42.9% #136 BE · #1008 CH Rainiest municipalities1'186 mm #146 BE · #724 CH Voter turnout62.1% #23 BE · #411 CH Against Switzerland7.8% #163 BE · #1325 CH Aligned with Switzerland92.2% #34 BE · #125 CH SVP strongholds30.6% #281 BE · #1232 CH SP strongholds17.6% #89 BE · #669 CH Centre strongholds10.8% #73 BE · #1125 CH FDP strongholds9.9% #42 BE · #1401 CH GLP strongholds12.1% #41 BE · #143 CH Green strongholds9.5% #78 BE · #636 CH Largest by area24.8 km² #49 BE · #369 CH Highest municipalities733 m #108 BE · #534 CH Second homes8.8% #261 BE · #1434 CH Organic farming12% #154 BE · #1081 CH Best-connected municipalities37 min #30 BE · #186 CH Remotest municipalities37 min #303 BE · #1921 CH Highest peaks957 m #146 BE · #766 CH Highest-lying municipalities748 m #139 BE · #678 CH Greatest vertical range407 m #134 BE · #804 CH Steepest municipalities11.7° #134 BE · #795 CH Solar potential50 GWh #39 BE · #329 CH Solar potential per capita8'222 kWh #277 BE · #1415 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #48 BE · #542 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #135 BE · #1405 CH

Postal codes (5)

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Localities

swisstopo · 5

Bigenthal3513 Boll3067 Stettlen3066 Utzigen3068 Worb3076

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Vechigen?: Vechigen has 5 postal codes: 3066, 3067, 3068, 3076, 3513.
What is the tax rate in Vechigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Vechigen is 154% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Vechigen?: A single person without children pays about 16'366 CHF income tax in Vechigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 49 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Vechigen have?: Vechigen has 6'070 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Vechigen?: Vechigen has 593 foreign residents, a share of 9.77% (2025).

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