Saanen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 843
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Saanen centerThe parcel data lists 5’580 parcels in Saanen, covering 120.1 km². 68.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’565 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 5’580
- 1.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 120.1 km²
- 2.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’565 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 68.2%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Saanen
Saanen ranks 5th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 1.2% of the canton's parcels on 2.2% of its area. The median parcel in Saanen measures 1’565 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Saanen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 68.2% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are LWZ uebriges Gebiet (57.2%), Wohnzone W3a (14.3%) and Wohnzone W3b (6.5%). In total, Saanen uses 134 zone designations.
According to the building register, Saanen has 6’307 buildings with 7’643 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 45.1% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 36.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (23.8% of them), and 17.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 3’804 (68.2%)
Unbuilt: 1’776 (31.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| LWZ_uebriges_Gebiet | 3’193 | 108.83 km² | 57.5% |
| Wohnzone_W3a | 796 | 0.90 km² | 85.6% |
| Wohnzone_W3b | 365 | 0.36 km² | 86.3% |
| Erhaltungszone | 196 | 0.20 km² | 91.3% |
| Wohn-_und_Gewerbezone | 128 | 0.18 km² | 87.5% |
| Kernzone_K | 94 | 0.12 km² | 86.2% |
| Dorfkernzone_DK1 | 78 | 0.03 km² | 85.9% |
| Wohnzone_W3a_70% | 67 | 0.08 km² | 61.2% |
| Dorfkernzone_DK9 | 63 | 0.04 km² | 82.5% |
| Wohnzone_W2 | 54 | 0.05 km² | 83.3% |
| Zone_für_Skipisten_und_Loipen | 54 | 3.71 km² | 63.0% |
| Hotelzone | 41 | 0.12 km² | 68.3% |
| Other zones (122 labels) | 451 | 5.44 km² | 74.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 6’307 buildings with 7’643 dwellings here; 1’309 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 6’307
- Dwellings
- 7’643
- Single-family houses
- 1’309
- Building volume
- 7.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Saanen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Saanen. 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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