Bönigen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 572
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 1’178 parcels in Bönigen, covering 15 km². 77.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 659 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’178
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 15 km²
0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 659 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 77.9%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1965
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Bönigen
Bönigen is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.3% of their area. The median parcel in Bönigen measures 659 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’126 m². Bönigen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 77.9% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (34.8%), Landwirtschaftszone (28.9%) and Kernzone B (16.7%). In total, Bönigen uses 16 zone designations.
According to the building register, Bönigen has 1’432 buildings with 1’538 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 59.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 40.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (31.2% of them), and 15.9% 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: 918 (77.9%)Unbuilt: 260 (22.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 | 410 | 0.35 km² | 86.8% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 341 | 14.32 km² | 55.1% |
| Kernzone B | 197 | 0.09 km² | 90.9% |
| Kernzone A | 137 | 0.03 km² | 86.9% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG 2-geschossig | 23 | 0.02 km² | 82.6% |
| Kernzone C | 19 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 14 | 0.04 km² | 85.7% |
| Gewerbezone G | 10 | 0.09 km² | 80.0% |
| Hotelzone | 8 | 0.02 km² | 87.5% |
| ZöN Schule / Verwaltung / Werkhof | 6 | 0.02 km² | 100.0% |
| Grünzone GZ | 5 | < 0.01 km² | 20.0% |
| ZöN Kirche | 3 | 0.01 km² | 66.7% |
| Other zones (4 labels) | 5 | 0.01 km² | 40.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’432 buildings with 1’538 dwellings here; 452 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’432
- Dwellings
- 1’538
- Single-family houses
- 452
- Building volume
- 1.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Bönigen
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