Thurnen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 889
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Thurnen centerThe parcel data lists 1’084 parcels in Thurnen, covering 6 km². 56.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’123 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’084
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 6 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’123 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 56.3%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1983
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Thurnen
Thurnen ranks 145th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Thurnen measures 1’123 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’131 m². Thurnen is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 56.3% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (Mühlethurnen) (22%), Wohn- und Arbeitszone, 2 Geschosse (Mühlethurnen) (16.9%) and Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (Mühlethurnen) (14.6%). In total, Thurnen uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Thurnen has 1’003 buildings with 1’031 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (64%). Non-residential buildings account for 39.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (26.4% of them), and 25.7% 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: 610 (56.3%)
Unbuilt: 474 (43.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone (Mühlethurnen) | 238 | 2.51 km² | 19.3% |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone, 2 Geschosse (Mühlethurnen) | 183 | 0.18 km² | 85.2% |
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (Mühlethurnen) | 158 | 0.11 km² | 86.7% |
| Landwirtschaftszone (Lohnstorf) | 128 | 1.72 km² | 23.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone (Kirchenthurnen) | 124 | 1.13 km² | 33.1% |
| Wohnzone, 1 Geschoss (Mühlethurnen) | 72 | 0.05 km² | 81.9% |
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (Kirchenthurnen) | 57 | 0.05 km² | 87.7% |
| Dorfzone, 2 Geschosse (Lohnstorf) | 23 | 0.04 km² | 78.3% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone, 2 Geschosse (Lohnstorf) | 22 | 0.01 km² | 72.7% |
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (Lohnstorf) | 19 | 0.02 km² | 84.2% |
| Kernzone (Kirchenthurnen) | 16 | 0.04 km² | 81.3% |
| Arbeitszone, 2 Geschosse (Mühlethurnen) | 10 | 0.03 km² | 80.0% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 34 | 0.07 km² | 58.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’003 buildings with 1’031 dwellings here; 346 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’003
- Dwellings
- 1’031
- Single-family houses
- 346
- Building volume
- 1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Thurnen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Thurnen. 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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