Biel/Bienne
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 371
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Biel/Bienne centerThe parcel data lists 7’732 parcels in Biel/Bienne, covering 21.2 km². 78.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 548 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 7’732
- 1.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 21.2 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 548 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 78.6%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1953
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne ranks 4th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 1.7% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in Biel/Bienne measures 548 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’131 m². Biel/Bienne is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 78.6% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are M2 (36%), M3 (18.3%) and M4 (14.3%). In total, Biel/Bienne uses 12 zone designations.
According to the building register, Biel/Bienne has 10’211 buildings with 32’683 dwellings, 3.2 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 31.9% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 24.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1920 to 1945 (24.5% of them), and 7.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1953, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 6’078 (78.6%)
Unbuilt: 1’654 (21.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 | 2’780 | 1.92 km² | 89.0% |
| M3 | 1’417 | 1.28 km² | 89.7% |
| M4 | 1’105 | 0.79 km² | 89.3% |
| Keine ~~Aucune | 974 | 2.11 km² | 73.5% |
| VZ | 612 | 2.11 km² | 18.6% |
| ZOEN | 206 | 1.28 km² | 60.7% |
| M5 | 195 | 0.15 km² | 83.6% |
| Uebrige | 141 | 9.43 km² | 25.5% |
| A | 135 | 0.79 km² | 76.3% |
| GR | 62 | 0.16 km² | 45.2% |
| M6plus | 53 | 0.04 km² | 84.9% |
| LWZ | 52 | 1.16 km² | 32.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 10’211 buildings with 32’683 dwellings here; 2’014 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 10’211
- Dwellings
- 32’683
- Single-family houses
- 2’014
- Building volume
- 26.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Biel/Bienne
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Biel/Bienne. 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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