Steffisburg
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 939
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Steffisburg centerThe parcel data lists 4’180 parcels in Steffisburg, covering 14.8 km². 78.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 625 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’180
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 14.8 km²
- 0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 625 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 78.6%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1976
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Steffisburg
Steffisburg ranks 13th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Steffisburg measures 625 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’131 m². Steffisburg is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 78.6% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (28.8%), Landwirtschaftszone LWZ Steffisburg (16.6%) and Wohnzone W2L (11%). In total, Steffisburg uses 55 zone designations.
According to the building register, Steffisburg has 5’920 buildings with 8’583 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 57.8% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 34.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (27.2% of them), and 18.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1976, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 3’287 (78.6%)
Unbuilt: 893 (21.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 | 1’202 | 0.75 km² | 91.2% |
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ Steffisburg | 693 | 10.02 km² | 38.0% |
| Wohnzone W2L | 458 | 0.26 km² | 92.4% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG2 Steffisburg | 363 | 0.32 km² | 92.6% |
| Wohnzone WH1 | 294 | 0.18 km² | 93.2% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG3 | 234 | 0.25 km² | 83.8% |
| Wohnzone W4 | 185 | 0.25 km² | 91.9% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 137 | 0.15 km² | 86.1% |
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ Schwendibach | 130 | 1.46 km² | 52.3% |
| Wohnzone WH2 | 83 | 0.06 km² | 85.5% |
| ZPP Kernschutzzone KS | 69 | 0.04 km² | 79.7% |
| ZPP Kernergänzungszone KE | 53 | 0.04 km² | 79.2% |
| Other zones (43 labels) | 279 | 1.03 km² | 62.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 5’920 buildings with 8’583 dwellings here; 1’892 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 5’920
- Dwellings
- 8’583
- Single-family houses
- 1’892
- Building volume
- 6.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Steffisburg
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Steffisburg. 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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