Population
2'076↑0.8%
About Kirchenthurnen
City · Bern
Kirchenthurnen is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipalities of Kirchenthurnen, Lohnstorf and Mühlethurnen merged to form the municipality of Thurnen.
Population
2'076
Tax multiplier
185%
Kirchenthurnen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.185%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 50'650↑2.0%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 56'925↑3.5%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
1.39%↑27.5%
Above average in canton
- Agriculture78%
- Settlement15%
- Forest6%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
8.0%↓2.0%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
1'007↓0.2%
Jobs (FTE)
245↑11.9%
89%
Housing market in Kirchenthurnen
The rental vacancy rate is 1.39%, 26% above the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 185%, 13% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 60'700, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Kirchenthurnen has 2'076 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
