Wangen an der Aare
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 992
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Wangen an der Aare centerThe parcel data lists 1’433 parcels in Wangen an der Aare, covering 8 km². 55.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 943 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’433
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 8 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 943 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 55.3%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1980
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Wangen an der Aare
Wangen an der Aare is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Wangen an der Aare measures 943 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’131 m². Wangen an der Aare is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 55.3% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (27.5%), Wangenried - Landwirtschaftszone (16%) and Landwirtschaftszone (11.9%). In total, Wangen an der Aare uses 30 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wangen an der Aare has 1’473 buildings with 1’529 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (65.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 42.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (17% of them), and 23.8% 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: 793 (55.3%)
Unbuilt: 640 (44.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse | 394 | 0.34 km² | 87.6% |
| Wangenried - Landwirtschaftszone | 229 | 2.13 km² | 42.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 170 | 2.33 km² | 24.1% |
| Vorstadtzone | 106 | 0.10 km² | 63.2% |
| Wangenried - übriges Gebiet | 88 | 0.66 km² | 26.1% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone, 2 Geschosse | 80 | 0.12 km² | 85.0% |
| Wangenried - Wohnzone, 2-geschossig | 70 | 0.05 km² | 11.4% |
| Wangenried - Mischzone, 2-geschossig | 52 | 0.04 km² | 0.0% |
| Kernzone | 48 | 0.02 km² | 87.5% |
| uebriges Gebiet | 37 | 1.69 km² | 18.9% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone, 3 Geschosse | 36 | 0.03 km² | 77.8% |
| Wohnzone, 3 Geschosse | 30 | 0.05 km² | 60.0% |
| Other zones (18 labels) | 93 | 0.40 km² | 52.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’473 buildings with 1’529 dwellings here; 459 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’473
- Dwellings
- 1’529
- Single-family houses
- 459
- Building volume
- 2.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Wangen an der Aare
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Wangen an der Aare. 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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