Graben
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 976
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 428 parcels in Graben, covering 3.2 km². 29.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 2’824 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 428
- 0.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.2 km²
0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 2’824 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 29.9%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1983
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Graben
Graben is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.1% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.1% of their area. The median parcel in Graben measures 2’824 m², larger than the canton median of 1’126 m². Graben is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 29.9% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are uebriges Gebiet (47%), Landwirtschaftszone (32.7%) and Dorfzone (11%). In total, Graben uses 7 zone designations.
According to the building register, Graben has 254 buildings with 168 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (69.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 49.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (31.3% of them), and 18% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1983, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 128 (29.9%)Unbuilt: 300 (70.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| uebriges Gebiet | 201 | 1.13 km² | 0.5% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 140 | 1.95 km² | 36.4% |
| Dorfzone | 47 | 0.04 km² | 85.1% |
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse | 37 | 0.03 km² | 89.2% |
| Intensivlandwirtschaftszone | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone fuer öffentliche Nutzungen A | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone fuer öffentliche Nutzungen B | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 254 buildings with 168 dwellings here; 74 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 254
- Dwellings
- 168
- Single-family houses
- 74
- Building volume
- 211’178 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Graben
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Graben. 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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