Gals
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 494
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Gals centerThe parcel data lists 531 parcels in Gals, covering 7.9 km². 56.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’370 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 531
- 0.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 7.9 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’370 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 56.1%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1986
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Gals
Gals ranks 253rd 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 Gals measures 1’370 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Gals is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 56.1% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are LWZ, übriges Gebiet (43.7%), Kernzone (22.4%) and Wohnzone (12.1%). In total, Gals uses 16 zone designations.
According to the building register, Gals has 569 buildings with 453 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 46.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (27.9% of them), and 29.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1986, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 298 (56.1%)
Unbuilt: 233 (43.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| LWZ,_übriges_Gebiet | 232 | 6.76 km² | 22.8% |
| Kernzone | 119 | 0.13 km² | 84.0% |
| Wohnzone | 64 | 0.05 km² | 89.1% |
| Mischzone | 60 | 0.06 km² | 86.7% |
| Arbeitszone | 23 | 0.13 km² | 69.6% |
| Grünzone | 17 | 0.02 km² | 70.6% |
| USP_Sektor_W_Wald | 3 | 0.12 km² | 33.3% |
| spezielle_Vorschriften_Kernzone | 3 | < 0.01 km² | 33.3% |
| USP_übriges_Gebiet | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone_für_öffentliche_Nutzungen_D | 2 | 0.02 km² | 50.0% |
| Intensivlandwirtschaftszone | 1 | 0.08 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone_für_öffentliche_Nutzungen_A | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (4 labels) | 4 | 0.46 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 569 buildings with 453 dwellings here; 159 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 569
- Dwellings
- 453
- Single-family houses
- 159
- Building volume
- 731’446 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Gals
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Gals. 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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