Valbirse
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 717
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Valbirse centerPartial parcel data
The parcel data holds only 491 built parcels here, while the building register lists 1’052 residential and mixed-use buildings. The parcel figures below are therefore likely incomplete.
The parcel data lists 1’957 parcels in Valbirse, covering 18.7 km². 25.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 984 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’957
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 18.7 km²
- 0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 984 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 25.1%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1984
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Valbirse
Valbirse is a municipality in the canton of Bern.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zone agricole (55.5%), Reste du territoire - forêt (35.3%) and Souboz - Reste du territoire - forêt (7.4%).
According to the building register, Valbirse has 2’001 buildings with 2’213 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (70%). Non-residential buildings account for 44% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1981 to 2000 (17.9%), and on 16.3% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1984.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 491 (25.1%)
Unbuilt: 1’466 (74.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole | 1’087 | 6.28 km² | 2.2% |
| Reste du territoire - forêt | 691 | 7.28 km² | 66.3% |
| Souboz - Reste du territoire - forêt | 145 | 2.26 km² | 0.7% |
| Reste_du_territoire_-_champs | 15 | 1.97 km² | 6.7% |
| Reste_du_territoire_-_forêt | 12 | 0.83 km² | 41.7% |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics "STEP" | 3 | 0.02 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone d'activités économiques A | 3 | 0.03 km² | 33.3% |
| Zone mixte M2 | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’001 buildings with 2’213 dwellings here; 710 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’001
- Dwellings
- 2’213
- Single-family houses
- 710
- Building volume
- 2.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Valbirse
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Valbirse. 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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