Petit-Val
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 716
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Petit-Val centerThe parcel data lists 989 parcels in Petit-Val, covering 23.9 km². 28.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 3’481 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 989
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 23.9 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 3’481 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 28.2%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1959
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Petit-Val
Petit-Val ranks 166th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in Petit-Val measures 3’481 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Petit-Val is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 28.2% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Souboz - Zone agricole (15.7%), Monible - Zone agricole (14.3%) and Châtelat - Zone agricole (11%). In total, Petit-Val uses 29 zone designations.
According to the building register, Petit-Val has 472 buildings with 223 dwellings, 0.5 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (76.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 59.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (31.2% of them), and 13.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1959, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 279 (28.2%)
Unbuilt: 710 (71.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Souboz_-_Zone_agricole | 155 | 2.06 km² | 20.6% |
| Monible_-_Zone_agricole | 141 | 1.02 km² | 8.5% |
| Châtelat_-_Zone_agricole | 109 | 1.32 km² | 24.8% |
| Sornetan_-_Zone_agricole | 98 | 1.43 km² | 19.4% |
| Souboz_-_Reste_du_territoire_-_forêt | 93 | 8.53 km² | 18.3% |
| Sornetan_-_Reste_du_territoire_-_forêt | 79 | 4.13 km² | 20.3% |
| Châtelat_-_Reste_du_territoire_-_forêt | 74 | 2.80 km² | 24.3% |
| Monible_-_Reste_du_territoire_-_forêt | 51 | 2.34 km² | 13.7% |
| Souboz_-_Zone_centre_ancien | 51 | 0.10 km² | 72.5% |
| Zone_de_Hameau | 36 | 0.03 km² | 66.7% |
| Sornetan_-_Centre_ancien | 32 | 0.04 km² | 71.9% |
| Sornetan_-_Zone_d'habitation | 13 | 0.01 km² | 61.5% |
| Other zones (17 labels) | 57 | 0.09 km² | 68.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 472 buildings with 223 dwellings here; 122 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 472
- Dwellings
- 223
- Single-family houses
- 122
- Building volume
- 622’496 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Petit-Val
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Petit-Val. 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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