Erlenbach im Simmental

Erlenbach im Simmental is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.7% of their area. The median parcel in Erlenbach im Simmental measures 996 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’126 m². Erlenbach im Simmental is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 60.4% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Land- und Alpwirtschaftszone (58.8%), Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2-geschossig (10.7%) and Erhaltungszone (9.2%). In total, Erlenbach im Simmental uses 12 zone designations.

According to the building register, Erlenbach im Simmental has 1’637 buildings with 1’076 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 59.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 55.8% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (37.1% of them), and 11.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1953, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).