Bern postal codes — Switzerland

Bern is a canton of Switzerland, made up of 10 cities.

Towns in Bern include Bern, Pery-La Heutte, Lyss, Tramelan, Sonvilier and Champoz, together with the surrounding localities whose postal codes are listed above.

• Biel
• Bernese Jura
• Bern-Mittelland
• Seeland
• Emmental
• Thun
• Frutigen-Niedersimmental
• Obersimmental-Saanen
• Interlaken-Oberhasli
• Oberaargau

How postal codes work in Bern

Switzerland uses a single national postal-code format, written as 9999. Four digits, numeric only. Codes in Bern follow that format like everywhere else in the country, for example 2604 for La Heutte.

Codes listed here for Bern begin with one of 14 prefixes, ranging from 25 to 49. Each prefix covers the delivery areas of one part of the canton.

Postal codes across Switzerland, Bern included, are issued and maintained by Swiss Post. Reference information is available at www.post.ch.

Addressing format

Addresses in Switzerland are written [Street name] [House number], [Postal code] [City], and an address in Bern follows that same order:

Recipient name
[Street name] [House number], 2604 La Heutte

What this dataset covers

This reference dataset lists 50 postal codes for Bern across its cities, each paired with its locality and, where the source provides them, coordinates and a time zone.