Gerzensee
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 866
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Gerzensee centerThe parcel data lists 949 parcels in Gerzensee, covering 7.8 km². 39.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’717 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 949
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 7.8 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’717 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 39.3%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1983
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Gerzensee
Gerzensee ranks 170th 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 Gerzensee measures 1’717 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Gerzensee is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 39.3% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (65.4%), Wohnzone W2 (18.1%) and Wohn-/Arbeitszone W/A 2 (10.3%). In total, Gerzensee uses 11 zone designations.
According to the building register, Gerzensee has 681 buildings with 667 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 59.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 40.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (20.6% of them), and 32.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1983, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 373 (39.3%)
Unbuilt: 576 (60.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ | 621 | 7.36 km² | 15.9% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 172 | 0.17 km² | 84.3% |
| Wohn-/Arbeitszone W/A 2 | 98 | 0.10 km² | 85.7% |
| Wohnzone W1 | 26 | 0.04 km² | 88.5% |
| Grünzone GZ | 13 | 0.04 km² | 69.2% |
| Weilerzone WZ | 7 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Abbau- und Ablagerungszone AA | 4 | 0.04 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone für Sport- und Freizeitanlagen ZSF | 3 | 0.02 km² | 66.7% |
| Zonen für öffentliche Nutzungen ZöN 1 | 3 | 0.01 km² | 66.7% |
| Arbeitszone A | 1 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zonen für öffentliche Nutzungen ZöN 3 | 1 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 681 buildings with 667 dwellings here; 210 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 681
- Dwellings
- 667
- Single-family houses
- 210
- Building volume
- 813’069 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Gerzensee
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Gerzensee. 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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