Habkern
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 579
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Habkern centerThe parcel data lists 1’072 parcels in Habkern, covering 51 km². 64.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 2’483 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’072
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 51 km²
- 0.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 2’483 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 64.8%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1927
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Habkern
Habkern ranks 147th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.9% of its area. The median parcel in Habkern measures 2’483 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Habkern is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 64.8% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (76.5%), Dorfkernzone (9.1%) and Wohn- Gewerbezone WG2 (6.4%). In total, Habkern uses 14 zone designations.
According to the building register, Habkern has 1’199 buildings with 549 dwellings, 0.5 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 53.9% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 70% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (44% of them), and 4.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1927, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 695 (64.8%)
Unbuilt: 377 (35.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 820 | 50.68 km² | 60.4% |
| Dorfkernzone | 98 | 0.07 km² | 88.8% |
| Wohn- Gewerbezone WG2 | 69 | 0.06 km² | 65.2% |
| Ferienhauszone | 41 | 0.03 km² | 90.2% |
| Skipiste | 15 | 0.09 km² | 60.0% |
| Wohnzone W1 | 12 | 0.01 km² | 91.7% |
| ZöN Parkplatz | 6 | < 0.01 km² | 16.7% |
| ZöN K | 3 | < 0.01 km² | 66.7% |
| ZöN D | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| ZöN F | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Wohn- und Tourismuszone | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| ZöN A | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (2 labels) | 2 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’199 buildings with 549 dwellings here; 164 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’199
- Dwellings
- 549
- Single-family houses
- 164
- Building volume
- 811’221 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Habkern
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Habkern. 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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