What is the postal code of Wimmis?

Wimmis has 2 postal codes: 3711, 3752.

What is the tax rate in Wimmis?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wimmis is 157% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Wimmis?

A single person without children pays about 16'463 CHF income tax in Wimmis on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 63 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wimmis have?

Wimmis has 2'732 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wimmis?

Wimmis has 301 foreign residents, a share of 11.02% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE

Wimmis

3711–3752

BE CANTON3711 3752

Residents

2'732

Area

22.4 km²

Population density

122 pop./km²

Elevation

1'039 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

2'363 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

157%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'351 49.5%

Men

1'381 50.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

595 21.8%

Swiss citizens

2'431 89.0%

Foreign residents

301 11.0%

Population density

122 pop./km²

0–19 · 595 · 21.8%20–64 · 1'575 · 57.7%65+ · 562 · 20.6%

Foreign residents 11.0%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Wimmis

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

66.8% YesNo 33.2%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

63.6% YesNo 36.4%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% Yes

29.2% YesNo 70.8%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

15.9% YesNo 84.1%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.0%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

46.3% YesNo 53.7%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

71.9% YesNo 28.1%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

55.0% YesNo 45.1%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert (Initiative für eine Zukunft)»Federal● Rejected · 21.7% Yes

12.7% YesNo 87.4%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP51.4% · strongest party

SVP51.4%

SP10.9%

EDU7.0%

Mitte6.7%

GRÜNE6.2%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier157%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

157%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 65 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'463 CHF(16.5%)

Rank 63 of 334 in the canton · 1554 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:16'463 CHF(~16.5%)

WimmisCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wimmis	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.7%	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	13.9%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.7%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.5%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.5%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.3%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.2%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.4%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.2%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.3%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.3%	25.1–31.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'235 mm

8.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'363 m

Mean elevation

1'066 m

Relief

1'780 m

Mean slope

25.6°

Flat share

18.3%

South-facing

4.6%

Above 2000 m

4.3%

Relief 1'780 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

25.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'600

25 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

26.2 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.89 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.25 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

26.2 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.35 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.66 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

1'373

Built before 194633.1%

Built since 200118.0%

0.66 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 54 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 19 min · Car 12 min

Remoteness 216/334 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitewimmis.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities2'732 #97 BE · #780 CH Families & children21.8% #54 BE · #584 CH Age structure20.6% #269 BE · #1116 CH Women share49.5% #243 BE · #1249 CH Foreign residents11% #141 BE · #1628 CH Population density122/km² #184 BE · #1355 CH Tax burden16'463 #65 BE · #1556 CH Taxes157% #65 BE Warmest municipalities8.7 °C #195 BE · #1488 CH Sunniest municipalities47% #33 BE · #443 CH Rainiest municipalities1'235 mm #118 BE · #616 CH Voter turnout52.6% #178 BE · #1395 CH Against Switzerland29% #23 BE · #91 CH Aligned with Switzerland71% #177 BE · #1353 CH SVP strongholds51.4% #92 BE · #201 CH SP strongholds10.9% #217 BE · #1416 CH Centre strongholds6.7% #211 BE · #1600 CH FDP strongholds4.6% #217 BE · #1878 CH GLP strongholds4.8% #253 BE · #1234 CH Green strongholds6.2% #187 BE · #1280 CH Largest by area22.4 km² #60 BE · #423 CH Highest municipalities1'039 m #34 BE · #238 CH Remotest municipalities54 min #216 BE · #1506 CH Best-connected municipalities54 min #118 BE · #584 CH Highest peaks2'363 m #27 BE · #270 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'066 m #53 BE · #376 CH Greatest vertical range1'780 m #23 BE · #261 CH Steepest municipalities25.6° #30 BE · #241 CH Solar potential25 GWh #106 BE · #830 CH Cheapest electricity26.2 Rp./kWh #17 BE · #498 CH Most expensive electricity26.2 Rp./kWh #325 BE · #1616 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Emdthal3711 Wimmis3752

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Reichenbach im Kandertal

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wimmis?: Wimmis has 2 postal codes: 3711, 3752.
What is the tax rate in Wimmis?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wimmis is 157% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Wimmis?: A single person without children pays about 16'463 CHF income tax in Wimmis on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 63 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wimmis have?: Wimmis has 2'732 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wimmis?: Wimmis has 301 foreign residents, a share of 11.02% (2025).

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