What is the postal code of Zweisimmen?

Zweisimmen has 4 postal codes: 3770, 3771, 3776, 3777.

What is the tax rate in Zweisimmen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Zweisimmen is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Zweisimmen?

A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Zweisimmen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Zweisimmen have?

Zweisimmen has 3'083 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Zweisimmen?

Zweisimmen has 485 foreign residents, a share of 15.73% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen

Zweisimmen

3770–3777

BE CANTON3770 3771 3776 3777

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'546 50.1%

Men

1'537 49.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

512 16.6%

Swiss citizens

2'598 84.3%

Foreign residents

485 15.7%

Population density

42 pop./km²

0–19 · 512 · 16.6%20–64 · 1'693 · 54.9%65+ · 878 · 28.5%

Foreign residents 15.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +24 (+0.8%) · 19 births · 40 deaths · net migration +50

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 Zweisimmen

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 Obersimmental-Saanen: 15.6% Yes

19.7% YesNo 80.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 46.1% Yes

38.6% YesNo 61.4%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 23.2% Yes

25.2% YesNo 74.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 64.4% Yes

63.5% YesNo 36.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 60.6% Yes

56.3% YesNo 43.8%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 27.8% Yes

31.2% YesNo 68.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 35.0% 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 Obersimmental-Saanen: 15.7% Yes

22.0% YesNo 78.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 45.7% Yes

41.3% YesNo 58.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen: 48.4% Yes

42.8% YesNo 57.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP45.0% · strongest party

SVP45.0%

Mitte12.5%

GLP11.2%

SP10.7%

FDP7.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier180%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

180%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 211 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'210 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 211 of 334 in the canton · 1922 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:17'210 CHF(~17.2%)

ZweisimmenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Zweisimmen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.6%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.4%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.8%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.6%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.4%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 1991–20206.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'355 mm

6.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'399 m

Mean elevation

1'500 m

Relief

1'518 m

Mean slope

22.2°

Flat share

4.9%

South-facing

16.6%

Above 2000 m

3.6%

Relief 1'518 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

56.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

74 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

12'500

Per inhabitant

18'278 kWh/yr

56 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Zweisimmen →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

2.38 %

Second homes

43.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.3

Dwellings

2'526

Built before 194631.0%

Built since 200114.1%

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

2.38 %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

1'873

Workplaces

326

Services share

72.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 234 (12.5%) · Secondary 284 (15.2%) · Tertiary 1'355 (72.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

42.1 %

Farmland

1'818 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 95 min · Car 71 min

AgglomerationPT 55 min · Car 48 min

Remoteness 41/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number794

Websitezweisimmen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Zweisimmen ranks

Largest municipalities3'083 #85 BE · #709 CH Growing municipalities0.8% #122 BE · #917 CH Shrinking municipalities0.8% #211 BE · #1187 CH Jobs per resident0.61 #46 BE · #332 CH Families & children16.6% #291 BE · #1864 CH Age structure28.5% #33 BE · #154 CH Women share50.1% #178 BE · #848 CH Foreign residents15.7% #84 BE · #1220 CH Population density42/km² #282 BE · #1824 CH Tax burden17'210 #233 BE · #1944 CH Taxes180% #211 BE Warmest municipalities6.1 °C #324 BE · #1935 CH Sunniest municipalities49% #6 BE · #272 CH Rainiest municipalities1'355 mm #64 BE · #416 CH Voter turnout53.3% #192 BE · #1441 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #68 BE · #398 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #135 BE · #1019 CH SVP strongholds45% #142 BE · #402 CH SP strongholds10.7% #225 BE · #1444 CH Centre strongholds12.5% #31 BE · #1002 CH FDP strongholds7.4% #117 BE · #1664 CH GLP strongholds11.2% #58 BE · #204 CH Green strongholds4.4% #268 BE · #1649 CH Largest by area73 km² #12 BE · #107 CH Highest municipalities934 m #50 BE · #308 CH Second homes43.1% #16 BE · #194 CH Organic farming42.1% #16 BE · #183 CH Best-connected municipalities95 min #294 BE · #1637 CH Remotest municipalities95 min #41 BE · #461 CH Highest peaks2'399 m #25 BE · #259 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'500 m #21 BE · #197 CH Greatest vertical range1'518 m #35 BE · #326 CH Steepest municipalities22.2° #48 BE · #334 CH Solar potential56 GWh #32 BE · #265 CH Solar potential per capita18'278 kWh #47 BE · #244 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #162 BE · #656 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #249 BE · #1519 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Blankenburg3771 Oeschseite3776 Saanenmöser3777 Zweisimmen3770

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Zweisimmen?: Zweisimmen has 4 postal codes: 3770, 3771, 3776, 3777.
What is the tax rate in Zweisimmen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Zweisimmen is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Zweisimmen?: A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Zweisimmen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Zweisimmen have?: Zweisimmen has 3'083 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Zweisimmen?: Zweisimmen has 485 foreign residents, a share of 15.73% (2025).

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