Wachseldorn
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 946
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Wachseldorn centerThe parcel data lists 249 parcels in Wachseldorn, covering 3.5 km². 37.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 6’475 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 249
- 0.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.5 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 6’475 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 37.3%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1976
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Wachseldorn
Wachseldorn ranks 316th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.1% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Wachseldorn measures 6’475 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Wachseldorn is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 37.3% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The most common zone is Landwirtschaftszone LWZ, with 95.6% of the parcels. In total, Wachseldorn uses 3 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wachseldorn has 218 buildings with 122 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 45.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 60.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (23.7% of them), and 20.4% 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: 93 (37.3%)
Unbuilt: 156 (62.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ | 238 | 3.50 km² | 34.9% |
| Mischzone, innere Nutzung UeO Nr. 2 Schulhaus | 7 | 0.01 km² | 85.7% |
| Wohnzone, innere Nutzung UeO Nr. 1 Wachseldornhubel | 4 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 218 buildings with 122 dwellings here; 32 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 218
- Dwellings
- 122
- Single-family houses
- 32
- Building volume
- 251’857 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Wachseldorn
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Wachseldorn. 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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