Adelboden
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 561
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Adelboden centerThe parcel data lists 3’799 parcels in Adelboden, covering 72.5 km². 62.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’233 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’799
- 0.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 72.5 km²
- 1.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’233 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 62.7%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Adelboden
Adelboden ranks 18th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.8% of the canton's parcels on 1.3% of its area. The median parcel in Adelboden measures 1’233 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’131 m². Adelboden is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 62.7% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (65.9%) and Wohnzone 2-geschossig (24.1%). In total, Adelboden uses 14 zone designations.
According to the building register, Adelboden has 3’531 buildings with 4’483 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings hold several dwellings: single-family houses make up only 28.9% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 42.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (27.6% of them), and 11% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’383 (62.7%)
Unbuilt: 1’416 (37.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 2’504 | 71.05 km² | 52.4% |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 915 | 0.56 km² | 85.1% |
| Dorfkernzone | 109 | 0.07 km² | 81.7% |
| Zone öffentlicher Nutzung | 80 | 0.50 km² | 58.8% |
| Mischzone A 3-geschossig | 72 | 0.05 km² | 87.5% |
| Arbeitszone | 51 | 0.09 km² | 74.5% |
| Hotelzone | 29 | 0.08 km² | 79.3% |
| Mischzone B 3-geschossig | 9 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Bauernhofzone | 8 | 0.04 km² | 75.0% |
| Zone für Sport- und Freizeitanlagen | 8 | 0.03 km² | 75.0% |
| Erhaltungszone | 6 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Grünzone | 6 | 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| Other zones (2 labels) | 2 | 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’531 buildings with 4’483 dwellings here; 473 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’531
- Dwellings
- 4’483
- Single-family houses
- 473
- Building volume
- 3.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Adelboden
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Adelboden. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.
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