Hellsau
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 408
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Hellsau centerThe parcel data lists 218 parcels in Hellsau, covering 1.5 km². 32.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’837 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 218
- < 0.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 1.5 km²
- < 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’837 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 32.6%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1998
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Hellsau
Hellsau ranks 321st of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds less than 0.1% of the canton's parcels on less than 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Hellsau measures 1’837 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Hellsau is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 32.6% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (33.9%), übriges Gebiet (30.7%) and Dorfzone (16.1%). In total, Hellsau uses 7 zone designations.
According to the building register, Hellsau has 152 buildings with 90 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (76.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 48% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (25.4% of them), and 42.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1998, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 71 (32.6%)
Unbuilt: 147 (67.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 74 | 1.04 km² | 12.2% |
| übriges Gebiet | 67 | 0.35 km² | 1.5% |
| Dorfzone | 35 | 0.04 km² | 82.9% |
| Wohn - und Gewerbezone | 23 | 0.04 km² | 69.6% |
| Wohnzone | 16 | 0.01 km² | 81.3% |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 2 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Gewerbezone | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 152 buildings with 90 dwellings here; 46 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 152
- Dwellings
- 90
- Single-family houses
- 46
- Building volume
- 165’893 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Hellsau
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Hellsau. 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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