Mirchel
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 615
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Mirchel centerThe parcel data lists 410 parcels in Mirchel, covering 2.3 km². 42.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’886 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 410
- 0.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 2.3 km²
- < 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’886 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 42.2%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1983
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Mirchel
Mirchel ranks 281st of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.1% of the canton's parcels on less than 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Mirchel measures 1’886 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Mirchel is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 42.2% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (67.6%), Wohnzone 2 Geschossig (10%) and Wohnzone 1 Geschossig (9.8%). In total, Mirchel uses 13 zone designations.
According to the building register, Mirchel has 367 buildings with 281 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 54% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 42.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (26% of them), and 28.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1983, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 173 (42.2%)
Unbuilt: 237 (57.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 277 | 2.21 km² | 22.4% |
| Wohnzone_2_Geschossig | 41 | 0.03 km² | 80.5% |
| Wohnzone_1_Geschossig | 40 | 0.03 km² | 87.5% |
| Ländliche_Dorfzone | 21 | 0.02 km² | 90.5% |
| Wohnzone_Einfamilienhaus | 12 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Mischzone | 6 | 0.01 km² | 66.7% |
| Ländliche_Dorfzone_mit_Mindestdichte_(GFZo_=_0.50) | 5 | 0.01 km² | 80.0% |
| Zone_für_öffentliche_Nutzung_-_Zone_1_Schulhaus_ | 3 | 0.01 km² | 33.3% |
| Arbeitszone_UeO_Mühle | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Gartenzone | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Hotelzone_Feld_C_-_UeO_Appenberg | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Uebrige_-_UeO_Appenberg_Feld_C | 1 | 0.02 km² | 100.0% |
| Wohnzone_1_Geschossig_mit_Mindestdichte_(GFZo_=_0.50) | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 367 buildings with 281 dwellings here; 87 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 367
- Dwellings
- 281
- Single-family houses
- 87
- Building volume
- 359’454 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Mirchel
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Mirchel. 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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