Laupen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 667
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Laupen centerThe parcel data lists 905 parcels in Laupen, covering 4.1 km². 75.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 737 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 905
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 4.1 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 737 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 75.4%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Laupen
Laupen ranks 175th 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 Laupen measures 737 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’131 m². Laupen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 75.4% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2a (26.1%), Wohnzone 2b (21.9%) and Landwirtschaftszone / übriges Gebiet (13.8%). In total, Laupen uses 17 zone designations.
According to the building register, Laupen has 1’256 buildings with 1’816 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (63.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 40.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (26.2% of them), and 13.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 682 (75.4%)
Unbuilt: 223 (24.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone_2a | 236 | 0.20 km² | 84.3% |
| Wohnzone_2b | 198 | 0.13 km² | 86.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone_/_übriges_Gebiet | 125 | 3.02 km² | 22.4% |
| Wohn-/Gewerbezone,_3_Geschosse | 97 | 0.12 km² | 79.4% |
| Altstadtzone_1 | 48 | 0.01 km² | 91.7% |
| Altstadtzone_2 | 41 | 0.02 km² | 95.1% |
| Wohn-/Gewerbezone,_2_Geschosse | 39 | 0.09 km² | 76.9% |
| Wohnzone_3 | 35 | 0.05 km² | 85.7% |
| Zone_für_öffentliche_Nutzungen | 25 | 0.21 km² | 68.0% |
| Arbeitszone_2 | 17 | 0.13 km² | 82.4% |
| Wohnzone_4_(kant._Zonentyp) | 14 | 0.02 km² | 85.7% |
| Grünzone | 13 | 0.04 km² | 46.2% |
| Other zones (5 labels) | 17 | 0.09 km² | 88.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’256 buildings with 1’816 dwellings here; 431 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’256
- Dwellings
- 1’816
- Single-family houses
- 431
- Building volume
- 1.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Laupen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Laupen. 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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