Population
6'070↑1.5%
About Vechigen
Municipality · Bern
Vechigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Until the administrative centralization of 1966, it was composed of four semi-autonomous communities: Vechigen, Sinneringen with Boll and Dentenberg, Utzigen with Lindental, and Berg with Littewil and Radelfingen.
Population
6'070
Tax multiplier
154%
Vechigen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.154%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 56'400↑1.6%
Top 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 62'302↑1.6%
79%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.47%↑67.9%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture60%
- Forest31%
- Settlement9%
- Other0%
Foreign residents
9.8%↑2.3%
Middle in canton
Median price
CHF 11'614/ m²
+37% vs CH
Dwellings
2'979↑4.3%
Jobs (FTE)
974↑4.6%
91%
14%
Fibre
Property market in Vechigen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.47%, 57% below the cantonal average (1.10 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 154%, 6% below the cantonal average (164 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 66'400, 7% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Vechigen has 6'070 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
