Erlach
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 492
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Erlach centerThe parcel data lists 799 parcels in Erlach, covering 3.5 km². 59.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 693 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 799
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.5 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 693 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 59.8%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Erlach
Erlach ranks 201st of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Erlach measures 693 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’131 m². Erlach is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 59.8% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (22.5%), Landwirtschaftszone, übriges Gebiet (20.8%) and USP Sektor A (8.5%). In total, Erlach uses 34 zone designations.
According to the building register, Erlach has 698 buildings with 817 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (63.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 35.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (20.9% of them), and 20.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 478 (59.8%)
Unbuilt: 321 (40.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone_W2 | 180 | 0.12 km² | 82.8% |
| Landwirtschaftszone,_übriges_Gebiet | 166 | 2.75 km² | 20.5% |
| USP_Sektor_A | 68 | 0.03 km² | 92.6% |
| Kernzone_KZ2 | 61 | 0.02 km² | 93.4% |
| Rebbauzone | 60 | 0.13 km² | 3.3% |
| Kernzone_KZ1 | 55 | 0.03 km² | 76.4% |
| Grünzone | 46 | 0.04 km² | 60.9% |
| Wohn-_und_Gewerbezone | 38 | 0.04 km² | 86.8% |
| USP_Sektor_G | 30 | 0.12 km² | 10.0% |
| Wohnzone_W3 | 21 | 0.01 km² | 57.1% |
| Spezialwohnzone_Rebenweg_und_Breitenweg | 19 | 0.02 km² | 78.9% |
| USP_Sektor_E1 | 6 | 0.02 km² | 66.7% |
| Other zones (22 labels) | 49 | 0.18 km² | 73.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 698 buildings with 817 dwellings here; 248 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 698
- Dwellings
- 817
- Single-family houses
- 248
- Building volume
- 718’122 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Erlach
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Erlach. 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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