Habkern
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 579
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 1’072 parcels in Habkern, covering 51 km². 64.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 2’483 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’072
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 51 km²
1% of the canton
- Median area
- 2’483 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 64.8%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1927
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Habkern
Habkern is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 1% of their area. The median parcel in Habkern measures 2’483 m², larger than the canton median of 1’126 m². Habkern is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 64.8% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (76.5%), Dorfkernzone (9.1%) and Wohn- Gewerbezone WG2 (6.4%). In total, Habkern uses 14 zone designations.
According to the building register, Habkern has 1’198 buildings with 549 dwellings, 0.5 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 53.9% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 69.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (44% of them), and 4.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1927, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 695 (64.8%)Unbuilt: 377 (35.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 820 | 50.68 km² | 60.4% |
| Dorfkernzone | 98 | 0.07 km² | 88.8% |
| Wohn- Gewerbezone WG2 | 69 | 0.06 km² | 65.2% |
| Ferienhauszone | 41 | 0.03 km² | 90.2% |
| Skipiste | 15 | 0.09 km² | 60.0% |
| Wohnzone W1 | 12 | 0.01 km² | 91.7% |
| ZöN Parkplatz | 6 | < 0.01 km² | 16.7% |
| ZöN K | 3 | < 0.01 km² | 66.7% |
| ZöN D | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| ZöN F | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Wohn- und Tourismuszone | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| ZöN A | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (2 labels) | 2 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’198 buildings with 549 dwellings here; 164 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’198
- Dwellings
- 549
- Single-family houses
- 164
- Building volume
- 810’404 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Habkern
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