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 · Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Wimmis

3711–3752

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

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%

Population change 2025: −3 (−0.1%) · 20 births · 29 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 Wimmis

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 20.3% Yes

21.4% YesNo 78.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 42.4% Yes

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 28.9% Yes

25.0% YesNo 75.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.4% Yes

66.8% YesNo 33.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.1% Yes

63.6% YesNo 36.4%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 31.7% Yes

29.2% YesNo 70.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 38.4% Yes

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 19.0% Yes

15.9% YesNo 84.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 48.0% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 46.6% Yes

46.3% YesNo 53.7%

All federal votes →

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

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 25.09.2026

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 24.09.2026

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

Per inhabitant

9'253 kWh/yr

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 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

24.09 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

24.09 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 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

0.66 %

Second homes

12.1 %

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 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

1'451

Workplaces

184

Services share

33.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 77 (5.3%) · Secondary 892 (61.5%) · Tertiary 482 (33.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

4.8 %

Farmland

517 ha

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

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 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number769

Websitewimmis.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wimmis ranks

Largest municipalities2'732 #97 BE · #780 CH Growing municipalities-0.1% #206 BE · #1487 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.1% #129 BE · #619 CH Jobs per resident0.53 #70 BE · #464 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 turnout54.4% #159 BE · #1302 CH Against Switzerland28.4% #23 BE · #97 CH Aligned with Switzerland71.6% #176 BE · #1348 CH SVP strongholds51.4% #92 BE · #201 CH SP strongholds10.9% #217 BE · #1421 CH Centre strongholds6.7% #210 BE · #1603 CH FDP strongholds4.6% #217 BE · #1883 CH GLP strongholds4.8% #254 BE · #1236 CH Green strongholds6.2% #187 BE · #1284 CH Largest by area22.4 km² #60 BE · #423 CH Highest municipalities1'039 m #34 BE · #238 CH Second homes12.1% #162 BE · #887 CH Organic farming4.8% #244 BE · #1533 CH Best-connected municipalities54 min #118 BE · #585 CH Remotest municipalities54 min #216 BE · #1505 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 Solar potential per capita9'253 kWh #253 BE · #1208 CH Cheapest electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #16 BE · #243 CH Most expensive electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #325 BE · #1871 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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