Leissigen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 585
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Leissigen centerThe parcel data lists 892 parcels in Leissigen, covering 10.4 km². 69.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 705 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 892
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 10.4 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 705 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 69.2%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Leissigen
Leissigen ranks 177th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Leissigen measures 705 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’131 m². Leissigen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 69.2% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are LWZ (35.4%), W2b (23.4%) and WG2b (15.8%). In total, Leissigen uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Leissigen has 960 buildings with 797 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (62.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 41.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (20.6% of them), and 22.4% 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: 617 (69.2%)
Unbuilt: 275 (30.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| LWZ | 316 | 9.87 km² | 51.6% |
| W2b | 209 | 0.14 km² | 83.7% |
| WG2b | 141 | 0.11 km² | 80.9% |
| Dorfkernzone | 96 | 0.03 km² | 65.6% |
| Ferienhauszone | 33 | 0.04 km² | 93.9% |
| WG3 | 32 | 0.02 km² | 68.8% |
| W2a | 23 | 0.04 km² | 95.7% |
| WG2a | 16 | 0.02 km² | 75.0% |
| SFG | 6 | < 0.01 km² | 33.3% |
| Gewerbezone | 4 | 0.01 km² | 75.0% |
| ZöN 3 Kirche / Friedhof | 4 | 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| ZöN E Schulanlage | 2 | 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 10 | 0.08 km² | 70.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 960 buildings with 797 dwellings here; 287 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 960
- Dwellings
- 797
- Single-family houses
- 287
- Building volume
- 633’392 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Leissigen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Leissigen. 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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