Burgdorf
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 404
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Burgdorf center
The parcel data lists 3’776 parcels in Burgdorf, covering 15.6 km². 77.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 644 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’776
- 0.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 15.6 km²
0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 644 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 77.2%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1965
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Burgdorf
Burgdorf is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.8% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.3% of their area. The median parcel in Burgdorf measures 644 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’126 m². Burgdorf is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 77.2% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 (46.9%), Mischzone 3a (12.3%) and Wohnzone 3 (8.8%). In total, Burgdorf uses 35 zone designations.
According to the building register, Burgdorf has 5’145 buildings with 9’625 dwellings, 1.9 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 57.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 33.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (24.6% of them), and 14.8% 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: 2’915 (77.2%)Unbuilt: 861 (22.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2 | 1’770 | 1.31 km² | 87.3% |
| Mischzone 3a | 465 | 0.49 km² | 85.4% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 331 | 0.38 km² | 86.1% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 204 | 4.06 km² | 18.6% |
| Arbeitszone 20m | 159 | 0.67 km² | 64.8% |
| Mischzone 4 | 95 | 0.21 km² | 65.3% |
| Mischzone Altstadt Wohnen | 93 | 0.04 km² | 88.2% |
| Mischzone Altstadt | 72 | 0.02 km² | 93.1% |
| Wald | 69 | 6.30 km² | 24.6% |
| Gruenzone | 68 | 0.09 km² | 19.1% |
| Mischzone 5 | 62 | 0.11 km² | 72.6% |
| Mischzone 3b | 61 | 0.08 km² | 85.2% |
| Other zones (23 labels) | 327 | 1.80 km² | 63.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 5’145 buildings with 9’625 dwellings here; 1’618 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 5’145
- Dwellings
- 9’625
- Single-family houses
- 1’618
- Building volume
- 10.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Burgdorf
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Burgdorf. 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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