Vechigen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 359
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Vechigen centerThe parcel data lists 3’303 parcels in Vechigen, covering 24.8 km². 48.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’290 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’303
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 24.8 km²
- 0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’290 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 48.9%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1980
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Vechigen
Vechigen ranks 23rd of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.7% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Vechigen measures 1’290 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’131 m². Vechigen is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 48.9% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are LWZ Landwirtschaftszone (58.4%) and W2 Wohnzone 2-geschossig (27.7%). In total, Vechigen uses 19 zone designations.
According to the building register, Vechigen has 2’864 buildings with 3’025 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (69.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 40.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (30.2% of them), and 21.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1980, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’615 (48.9%)
Unbuilt: 1’688 (51.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| LWZ_Landwirtschaftszone | 1’928 | 23.49 km² | 21.8% |
| W2_Wohnzone_2-geschossig | 916 | 0.55 km² | 89.8% |
| W1_Wohnzone_1-geschossig | 101 | 0.08 km² | 88.1% |
| WA2_Wohn-Arbeitszone_2-geschossig | 97 | 0.09 km² | 87.6% |
| WZ_Weilerzone_ | 82 | 0.15 km² | 76.8% |
| WA3_Wohn-Arbeitszone_3-geschossig_(kant._Zonentyp) | 37 | 0.05 km² | 73.0% |
| FHZ_Ferienhauszone | 29 | 0.03 km² | 75.9% |
| W3_Wohnzone_3-geschossig_(kant._Zonentyp) | 23 | 0.04 km² | 87.0% |
| D_Dorfkernzone_ | 21 | 0.02 km² | 90.5% |
| ZöN_Zone_für_öffentliche_Nutzung | 20 | 0.22 km² | 60.0% |
| K_Kernzone | 15 | 0.02 km² | 80.0% |
| WA6_Wohn-Arbeitszone_6-geschossig__(kant._Zonentyp) | 11 | 0.04 km² | 63.6% |
| Other zones (7 labels) | 23 | 0.05 km² | 65.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’864 buildings with 3’025 dwellings here; 1’079 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’864
- Dwellings
- 3’025
- Single-family houses
- 1’079
- Building volume
- 3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Vechigen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Vechigen. 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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