Farnern
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 975
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Farnern centerThe parcel data lists 274 parcels in Farnern, covering 3.7 km². 45.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’505 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 274
- 0.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.7 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’505 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 45.3%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1980
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Farnern
Farnern ranks 313th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.1% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Farnern measures 1’505 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Farnern is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 45.3% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (61.7%), Wohnzone zweigeschossig (16.4%) and Dorfzone (12.8%). In total, Farnern uses 8 zone designations.
According to the building register, Farnern has 224 buildings with 139 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 46.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (24.2% of them), and 29.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1980, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 124 (45.3%)
Unbuilt: 150 (54.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 169 | 2.83 km² | 30.8% |
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig | 45 | 0.04 km² | 77.8% |
| Dorfzone | 35 | 0.03 km² | 77.1% |
| Wohnzone eigeschossig | 9 | 0.02 km² | 77.8% |
| uebriges Gebiet | 9 | 0.74 km² | 11.1% |
| Grünzone | 4 | < 0.01 km² | 25.0% |
| ZöN Dorfplatz | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| ZöN Schul- und Turnanlagen | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 224 buildings with 139 dwellings here; 74 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 224
- Dwellings
- 139
- Single-family houses
- 74
- Building volume
- 188’224 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Farnern
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Farnern. 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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