Courtelary is a municipality of the French-speaking Bernese Jura, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The town is the capital of the Jura bernois administrative district.
The following figures are for the whole municipality Courtelary belongs to. The vacancy rate is 2.00%, 93% above the cantonal average (1.03 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 214% (2026), 30% above the average of the canton's municipalities (164.2 %). A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 16'614 a year in canton, municipality and personal tax in the municipality of Courtelary (tax year 2026, without church, federal and wealth tax). On the mean of the municipalities weighted by residents it is CHF 14'998 in the canton and CHF 12'251 in Switzerland. Median taxable income of all taxpayers is CHF 43'850 (tax period 2022). The municipality has 1'432 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
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Courtelary is located in the canton of Bern.
The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) in Courtelary is 214% of the cantonal base tax (tax year 2026). Note: this is a multiplier of the cantonal income tax, not an effective tax rate, and it can only be compared within the same canton.
A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 16'614 a year in canton, municipality and personal tax in the municipality of Courtelary (tax year 2026, without church, federal and wealth tax). The amount holds for exactly this household and income and, unlike the tax multiplier, compares across cantons.
Annual mean 6.8°C with 1'140 mm of rain. Warmest in July (15.3°C), coldest in January (-0.9°C). Station: Chaumont, 1136 m.
Precipitation
1'140 mm
Chaumont · 1136 m.a.s.l. · 1991–2020 normals · Source: MeteoSchweiz
Mean annual temperature at Chaumont has risen by +2.2°C between the first 30 observed years (1864–1893) and the most recent (1996–2025).
Chaumont · 1136 m.a.s.l. · 1864–2025 · Source: MeteoSchweiz NBCN
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