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Gsteigwiler

Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 577

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

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The parcel data lists 490 parcels in Gsteigwiler, covering 7 km². 59% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’133 m².

Key figures

Parcels
490
0.1% of the canton
Total area
7 km²

0.1% of the canton

Median area
1’133 m²

Canton: 1’126 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
59%

Canton: 57.8%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1940

Canton: 1975

Switzerland: 1976

About Gsteigwiler

Gsteigwiler 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 Gsteigwiler measures 1’133 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’126 m². Gsteigwiler is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 59% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (61.8%), Dorfzone D (28.4%) and Wohnzone W2 (8.4%). In total, Gsteigwiler uses 7 zone designations.

According to the building register, Gsteigwiler has 470 buildings with 288 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 58.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 55.7% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (39.1% of them), and 9.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1940, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 289 (59%)Unbuilt: 201 (41%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 7 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Landwirtschaftszone3036.86 km²42.2%
Dorfzone D1390.08 km²86.3%
Wohnzone W2410.05 km²85.4%
Zone für öffentliche Nutzung K30.02 km²100.0%
Zone für öffentliche Nutzung B20.01 km²50.0%
Internatszone I1< 0.01 km²100.0%
ZSF1< 0.01 km²100.0%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 470 buildings with 288 dwellings here; 98 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
470
Dwellings
288
Single-family houses
98
Building volume
284’220 m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential168
  • Mixed use19
  • Non-residential262
  • Other21

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 1920113
  • 1920-194531
  • 1946-196022
  • 1961-198028
  • 1981-200052
  • 2001-201012
  • 2011-202013
  • 2021 and later2
  • Unknown year16

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