Melchnau
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 333
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Melchnau centerThe parcel data lists 1’208 parcels in Melchnau, covering 10.3 km². 46.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’813 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’208
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 10.3 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’813 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 46.4%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1974
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Melchnau
Melchnau ranks 125th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Melchnau measures 1’813 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Melchnau is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 46.4% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (61.1%), Wohnzone 2-geschossig W2 (16%) and Kernzone K (14.2%). In total, Melchnau uses 13 zone designations.
According to the building register, Melchnau has 989 buildings with 819 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (68.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 44.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (20.2% of them), and 20.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1974, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 560 (46.4%)
Unbuilt: 648 (53.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ | 738 | 9.65 km² | 23.0% |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig W2 | 193 | 0.16 km² | 88.1% |
| Kernzone K | 171 | 0.19 km² | 83.6% |
| Wohn-/Gewerbezone 2-geschossig WG2 | 25 | 0.03 km² | 84.0% |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig W2B | 22 | 0.02 km² | 77.3% |
| Bauernhofzone BHZ | 16 | 0.05 km² | 68.8% |
| Gewerbezone 2-geschossig G | 16 | 0.07 km² | 56.3% |
| Zone fuer öffentliche Nutzungen ZöN | 13 | 0.05 km² | 69.2% |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig W3 | 8 | 0.02 km² | 100.0% |
| Intensivlandwirtschaftszone ILZ | 2 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Spezielle Gewerbezone Landi SGL | 2 | 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| Grünzone GZ | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Pferdesportzone PSZ | 1 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 989 buildings with 819 dwellings here; 309 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 989
- Dwellings
- 819
- Single-family houses
- 309
- Building volume
- 1.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Melchnau
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Melchnau. 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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