Population
4'043↑1.7%
About Pontenet
City · Bern
Pontenet is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Bévilard, Malleray and Pontenet merged to form the new municipality of Valbirse.
Population
4'043
Tax multiplier
200%
Pontenet in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.200%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 42'600↑2.2%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 47'550↑1.2%
72%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
8.06%↑0.9%
Top 10% in canton
- Agriculture44%
- Forest42%
- Settlement13%
- Other0%
Foreign residents
20.0%↓0.1%
Top quartile in canton
Dwellings
2'208↑0.8%
Jobs (FTE)
1'329↓1.5%
86%
1%
Fibre
Property market in Pontenet
The rental vacancy rate is 8.06%, 633% above the cantonal average (1.10 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 200%, 22% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 51'000, 18% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Pontenet has 4'043 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
