Population
5'982↑3.0%
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
5'982
Tax multiplier
154%
Vechigen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
154%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 72'666
Top 10% in canton
Vacancy
0.47%↑67.9%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture60%
- Forest31%
- Settlement9%
- Other0%
Foreign residents
9.6%↑0.8%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
2'979↑4.3%
Jobs (FTE)
931↑2.6%
91%
14%
Fibre
Housing market in Vechigen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.47%, 57% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 154%, 6% below the cantonal average (164 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 72'666, 8% above the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Vechigen has 5'982 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
