Lauenen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 842
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Lauenen centerThe parcel data lists 1’405 parcels in Lauenen, covering 46.1 km². 56% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 3’936 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’405
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 46.1 km²
- 0.8% of the canton
- Median area
- 3’936 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 56%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1964
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Lauenen
Lauenen is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels on 0.8% of its area. The median parcel in Lauenen measures 3’936 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Lauenen is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 56% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are LWZ, übriges Gebiet (80.9%) and Ferienhauszone FZ (7.1%). In total, Lauenen uses 15 zone designations.
According to the building register, Lauenen has 1’235 buildings with 734 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 51.4% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 63.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (35.2% of them), and 13.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1964, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 787 (56%)
Unbuilt: 618 (44%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| LWZ,_übriges_Gebiet | 1’137 | 45.82 km² | 50.7% |
| Ferienhauszone_FZ | 100 | 0.09 km² | 83.0% |
| Wohn-_/_Gewerbezone_WG3 | 46 | 0.03 km² | 78.3% |
| Wohnzone_W3 | 39 | 0.03 km² | 79.5% |
| Kernzone_KZ | 26 | 0.02 km² | 88.5% |
| Gewerbezone_GZ | 20 | 0.03 km² | 60.0% |
| Wohnzone_M2_ZPP_1 | 20 | 0.02 km² | 80.0% |
| Grünzone_GrZ | 6 | 0.01 km² | 16.7% |
| Materialabbau-_/_Materialablagerungsstandort | 2 | 0.05 km² | 50.0% |
| Zone_für_Sport_und_Freizeit_ZSF | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| Zone_für_öffentliche_Nutzung_ZöN_A | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone_für_öffentliche_Nutzung_ZöN_C | 2 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (3 labels) | 3 | 0.01 km² | 66.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’235 buildings with 734 dwellings here; 203 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’235
- Dwellings
- 734
- Single-family houses
- 203
- Building volume
- 878’932 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Lauenen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Lauenen. 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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