Boltigen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 791
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Boltigen centerThe parcel data lists 1’784 parcels in Boltigen, covering 77.1 km². 65.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 4’213 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’784
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 77.1 km²
- 1.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 4’213 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 65.9%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1926
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Boltigen
Boltigen is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 1.4% of its area. The median parcel in Boltigen measures 4’213 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Boltigen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 65.9% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (75.6%) and Kernzone K2 (6.3%). In total, Boltigen uses 15 zone designations.
According to the building register, Boltigen has 2’098 buildings with 871 dwellings, 0.4 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (63.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 68.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (44.2% of them), and 8.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1926, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’175 (65.9%)
Unbuilt: 609 (34.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ | 1’349 | 76.64 km² | 61.3% |
| Kernzone K2 | 112 | 0.07 km² | 80.4% |
| Mischzone M2 | 74 | 0.10 km² | 75.7% |
| Kernzone K3 | 61 | 0.03 km² | 68.9% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 60 | 0.05 km² | 85.0% |
| Weilerzone | 47 | 0.03 km² | 95.7% |
| Arbeitszone | 20 | 0.03 km² | 85.0% |
| Mischzone M3 | 20 | 0.01 km² | 75.0% |
| Zonen für öffentliche Nutzungen | 13 | 0.02 km² | 84.6% |
| Ferienhauszone Oberes Chilchmoos | 12 | 0.03 km² | 91.7% |
| Ferienhauszone Unteres Chilchmoos | 7 | 0.01 km² | 57.1% |
| Arbeitszone Wysseney | 4 | 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| Other zones (3 labels) | 5 | 0.03 km² | 80.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’098 buildings with 871 dwellings here; 355 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’098
- Dwellings
- 871
- Single-family houses
- 355
- Building volume
- 1.6 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Boltigen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Boltigen. 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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