Zweisimmen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 794
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Zweisimmen centerThe parcel data lists 2’571 parcels in Zweisimmen, covering 73 km². 67.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’427 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’571
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 73 km²
- 1.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’427 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 67.4%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Zweisimmen
Zweisimmen is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 1.3% of its area. The median parcel in Zweisimmen measures 1’427 m², larger than the canton median of 1’131 m². Zweisimmen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 67.4% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (55.3%), Wohnzone W2A (17.5%) and Wohnzone W2B (7.8%). In total, Zweisimmen uses 26 zone designations.
According to the building register, Zweisimmen has 2’881 buildings with 2’538 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 45.5% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 53.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (29.4% of them), and 18.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’732 (67.4%)
Unbuilt: 839 (32.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’422 | 71.49 km² | 54.4% |
| Wohnzone W2A | 449 | 0.38 km² | 89.3% |
| Wohnzone W2B | 200 | 0.20 km² | 80.0% |
| Kernzone ländlich KL2 | 147 | 0.12 km² | 81.6% |
| Kernzone städtisch KS2 | 71 | 0.04 km² | 88.7% |
| Ferienhauszone | 65 | 0.04 km² | 64.6% |
| Kernzone städtisch KS3 | 63 | 0.05 km² | 90.5% |
| Arbeitszone 2 | 36 | 0.12 km² | 80.6% |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 32 | 0.17 km² | 62.5% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 13 | 0.03 km² | 92.3% |
| Mischnutzung M3 | 12 | 0.02 km² | 91.7% |
| Arbeitszone Büelmatte | 8 | 0.06 km² | 75.0% |
| Other zones (14 labels) | 53 | 0.29 km² | 69.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’881 buildings with 2’538 dwellings here; 490 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’881
- Dwellings
- 2’538
- Single-family houses
- 490
- Building volume
- 2.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Zweisimmen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Zweisimmen. 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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