Wiggiswil
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 553
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Wiggiswil centerThe parcel data lists 101 parcels in Wiggiswil, covering 1.4 km². 26.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 4’593 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 101
- < 0.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 1.4 km²
- < 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 4’593 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 26.7%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Wiggiswil
Wiggiswil ranks 329th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds less than 0.1% of the canton's parcels on less than 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Wiggiswil measures 4’593 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Wiggiswil is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 26.7% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (70.3%) and Zone für Arbeits- und Landwirtschaftsnutzung (13.9%). In total, Wiggiswil uses 7 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wiggiswil has 85 buildings with 57 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 53.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 58.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (22.2% of them), and 33.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 27 (26.7%)
Unbuilt: 74 (73.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 71 | 1.14 km² | 14.1% |
| Zone für Arbeits- und Landwirtschaftsnutzung | 14 | 0.03 km² | 78.6% |
| Abbau- und/oder Ablagerungszone | 5 | 0.18 km² | 20.0% |
| Zone für Sport und Freizeit | 4 | 0.08 km² | 0.0% |
| Freihaltezone | 3 | < 0.01 km² | 33.3% |
| Wohnzone | 3 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 85 buildings with 57 dwellings here; 15 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 85
- Dwellings
- 57
- Single-family houses
- 15
- Building volume
- 114’089 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Wiggiswil
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Wiggiswil. 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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