Meiringen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 785
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Meiringen centerThe parcel data lists 2’713 parcels in Meiringen, covering 39.7 km². 67.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 961 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’713
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 39.7 km²
- 0.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 961 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 67.7%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Meiringen
Meiringen is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.7% of its area. The median parcel in Meiringen measures 961 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’131 m². Meiringen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 67.7% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are LWZ, uebriges Gebiet (41.6%), Wohnzone 2 (32.3%) and Mischzone Kern Geschosszahl 3 (6.1%). In total, Meiringen uses 28 zone designations.
According to the building register, Meiringen has 3’199 buildings with 3’066 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 58.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 50% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (22.9% of them), and 19.4% 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: 1’836 (67.7%)
Unbuilt: 877 (32.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| LWZ, uebriges Gebiet | 1’129 | 38.02 km² | 42.2% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 875 | 0.68 km² | 87.7% |
| Mischzone Kern Geschosszahl 3 | 165 | 0.11 km² | 88.5% |
| Mischzone 2 | 133 | 0.13 km² | 85.7% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 131 | 0.08 km² | 87.0% |
| Mischzone Dorf | 62 | 0.03 km² | 85.5% |
| Ferienhauszone Brünig | 46 | 0.02 km² | 84.8% |
| Mischzone Kern Geschosszahl 4 | 24 | 0.03 km² | 87.5% |
| Mischzone Kern Geschosszahl 2 | 23 | 0.01 km² | 82.6% |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 20 | 0.09 km² | 60.0% |
| Spezialzone Brünigen | 16 | 0.01 km² | 81.3% |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen Plätze | 12 | 0.03 km² | 33.3% |
| Other zones (16 labels) | 77 | 0.41 km² | 74.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’199 buildings with 3’066 dwellings here; 824 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’199
- Dwellings
- 3’066
- Single-family houses
- 824
- Building volume
- 3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Meiringen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Meiringen. 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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