Wichtrach
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 632
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Wichtrach centerThe parcel data lists 1’846 parcels in Wichtrach, covering 11.6 km². 50.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’161 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’846
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 11.6 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’161 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 50.3%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1983
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Wichtrach
Wichtrach is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Wichtrach measures 1’161 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’131 m². Wichtrach is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 50.3% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (49.8%), Wohnzone W2 (21.7%) and Wohnzone W1 (8.6%). In total, Wichtrach uses 21 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wichtrach has 1’601 buildings with 2’160 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (60.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 36.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (27.9% of them), and 24.7% 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: 928 (50.3%)
Unbuilt: 918 (49.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone_LWZ | 920 | 10.67 km² | 14.0% |
| Wohnzone_W2 | 401 | 0.28 km² | 91.0% |
| Wohnzone_W1 | 158 | 0.13 km² | 87.3% |
| Wohn-_und_Arbeitszone_WA2 | 136 | 0.11 km² | 83.1% |
| Kernzone_K | 104 | 0.09 km² | 77.9% |
| Wohnzone_W3 | 43 | 0.06 km² | 90.7% |
| Bestandeszone_BZ | 24 | 0.04 km² | 83.3% |
| Arbeitszone_A3 | 16 | 0.09 km² | 81.3% |
| Wohn-_und_Arbeitszone_WA3 | 16 | 0.03 km² | 68.8% |
| Arbeitszone_A2 | 5 | 0.01 km² | 80.0% |
| ZöN_B,_Kirche_Friedhof | 5 | 0.02 km² | 60.0% |
| Gartenbauzone_GB_B | 4 | 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| Other zones (9 labels) | 14 | 0.06 km² | 71.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’601 buildings with 2’160 dwellings here; 547 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’601
- Dwellings
- 2’160
- Single-family houses
- 547
- Building volume
- 2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Wichtrach
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Wichtrach. 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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