What is the postal code of Vinelz?

Vinelz has 2 postal codes: 2576, 3234.

What is the tax rate in Vinelz?

The municipal tax multiplier of Vinelz is 169% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Vinelz?

A single person without children pays about 16'853 CHF income tax in Vinelz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 126 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Vinelz have?

Vinelz has 908 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Vinelz?

Vinelz has 85 foreign residents, a share of 9.36% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Vinelz

2576–3234

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

461 50.8%

Men

447 49.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

159 17.5%

Swiss citizens

823 90.6%

Foreign residents

85 9.4%

Population density

199 pop./km²

0–19 · 159 · 17.5%20–64 · 497 · 54.7%65+ · 252 · 27.8%

Foreign residents 9.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −2 (−0.2%) · 7 births · 8 deaths · net migration −1

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 Vinelz

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 Seeland: 22.8% Yes

27.4% YesNo 72.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

28.4% YesNo 71.7%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

56.6% YesNo 43.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

46.6% YesNo 53.4%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

48.3% YesNo 51.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

52.9% YesNo 47.1%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

26.5% YesNo 73.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

36.0% YesNo 64.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

36.5% YesNo 63.5%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP33.8% · strongest party

SVP33.8%

SP17.5%

Mitte11.7%

GLP10.5%

GRÜNE10.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier169%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

169%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 128 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'853 CHF(16.9%)

Rank 126 of 334 in the canton · 1777 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:16'853 CHF(~16.9%)

VinelzCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Vinelz	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.9%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.7%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.2%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.3%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.9%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.9%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.6%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.4%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.2%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.9%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.2%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.6%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.9%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.9%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.8%	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 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'010 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

585 m

Mean elevation

475 m

Relief

156 m

Mean slope

6.1°

Flat share

66.2%

South-facing

4.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 156 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

11.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

14.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'500

Per inhabitant

12'357 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 Vinelz →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

1.26 %

Second homes

23.6 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

556

Built before 194630.4%

Built since 200118.3%

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

1.26 %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

184

Workplaces

Services share

49.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 43 (23.4%) · Secondary 50 (27.2%) · Tertiary 91 (49.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

245 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 50 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 242/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number502

Websitevinelz.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Vinelz ranks

Largest municipalities908 #207 BE · #1516 CH Growing municipalities-0.2% #213 BE · #1536 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.2% #122 BE · #570 CH Jobs per resident0.2 #289 BE · #1765 CH Families & children17.5% #268 BE · #1739 CH Age structure27.8% #40 BE · #179 CH Women share50.8% #106 BE · #491 CH Foreign residents9.4% #171 BE · #1758 CH Population density199/km² #122 BE · #1032 CH Tax burden16'853 #136 BE · #1787 CH Taxes169% #128 BE Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #12 BE · #305 CH Sunniest municipalities40.7% #261 BE · #1519 CH Rainiest municipalities1'010 mm #307 BE · #1579 CH Voter turnout60.9% #32 BE · #503 CH SVP strongholds33.8% #265 BE · #1047 CH SP strongholds17.5% #91 BE · #679 CH Centre strongholds11.7% #45 BE · #1053 CH FDP strongholds9.6% #49 BE · #1444 CH GLP strongholds10.5% #79 BE · #259 CH Green strongholds10.4% #58 BE · #504 CH Largest by area4.6 km² #244 BE · #1601 CH Highest municipalities465 m #285 BE · #1415 CH Second homes23.6% #40 BE · #302 CH Organic farming0% #285 BE · #1655 CH Best-connected municipalities50 min #87 BE · #460 CH Remotest municipalities50 min #242 BE · #1628 CH Highest peaks585 m #261 BE · #1598 CH Highest-lying municipalities475 m #280 BE · #1564 CH Greatest vertical range156 m #226 BE · #1558 CH Steepest municipalities6.1° #213 BE · #1376 CH Solar potential11 GWh #214 BE · #1464 CH Solar potential per capita12'357 kWh #167 BE · #714 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #79 BE · #573 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #166 BE · #1436 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Lüscherz2576 Vinelz3234

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Vinelz?: Vinelz has 2 postal codes: 2576, 3234.
What is the tax rate in Vinelz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Vinelz is 169% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Vinelz?: A single person without children pays about 16'853 CHF income tax in Vinelz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 126 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Vinelz have?: Vinelz has 908 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Vinelz?: Vinelz has 85 foreign residents, a share of 9.36% (2025).

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