Grindelwald
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 576
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 5’409 parcels in Grindelwald, covering 106.7 km². 59.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’641 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 5’409
- 1.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 106.7 km²
2% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’641 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 59.3%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1962
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Grindelwald
Grindelwald ranks 7th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 1.2% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 2% of their area. The median parcel in Grindelwald measures 1’641 m², larger than the canton median of 1’126 m². Grindelwald is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 59.3% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (65.4%), Wohnzone W2 (18.2%) and Wohnzone W3 (5.7%). In total, Grindelwald uses 50 zone designations.
According to the building register, Grindelwald has 5’232 buildings with 5’381 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 33.8% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 54.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (28% of them), and 12% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1962, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 3’205 (59.3%)Unbuilt: 2’204 (40.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 3’540 | 97.93 km² | 48.4% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 987 | 0.88 km² | 82.3% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 311 | 0.27 km² | 84.6% |
| Zone für Skipisten | 167 | 6.84 km² | 59.3% |
| Kernzone | 127 | 0.14 km² | 86.6% |
| Erweiterte Kernzone | 110 | 0.09 km² | 76.4% |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone 2-geschossig | 20 | 0.06 km² | 95.0% |
| Hotel- / Wohnzone | 18 | 0.04 km² | 66.7% |
| Arbeitszone | 17 | 0.04 km² | 70.6% |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone 3-geschossig | 16 | 0.03 km² | 81.3% |
| ZSF 1 Camping Eigernordwand | 11 | 0.03 km² | 72.7% |
| ZSF 2 LR | 9 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (38 labels) | 76 | 0.37 km² | 64.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 5’232 buildings with 5’381 dwellings here; 610 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 5’232
- Dwellings
- 5’381
- Single-family houses
- 610
- Building volume
- 4.6 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Grindelwald
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Grindelwald. 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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