Heimiswil
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 407
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Heimiswil center
The parcel data lists 1’207 parcels in Heimiswil, covering 23.4 km². 44.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 4’929 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’207
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 23.4 km²
0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 4’929 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 44.8%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Heimiswil
Heimiswil is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.4% of their area. The median parcel in Heimiswil measures 4’929 m², larger than the canton median of 1’126 m². Heimiswil is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 44.8% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (64.5%), übriges Gebiet (18.1%) and Dorfzone (8.2%). In total, Heimiswil uses 13 zone designations.
According to the building register, Heimiswil has 1’426 buildings with 805 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (63.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 56.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (22.6% of them), and 24.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 541 (44.8%)Unbuilt: 666 (55.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 779 | 18.78 km² | 43.8% |
| übriges Gebiet | 218 | 4.36 km² | 7.8% |
| Dorfzone | 99 | 0.10 km² | 89.9% |
| Wohnzone | 94 | 0.08 km² | 85.1% |
| Weilerzone | 5 | 0.01 km² | 80.0% |
| ZöN 2 Kirche | 3 | < 0.01 km² | 66.7% |
| ZöN 4 Schulhaus Heimiswil | 3 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| ZöN 1 Verwaltung | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| ZöN 3 Friedhof | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| ZöN 5 Sportanlagen | 1 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| ZöN 6 Werkhof | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| ZöN 7 Schulhaus Kaltacker | 1 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| ZöN 9 Buswendeplatz | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’426 buildings with 805 dwellings here; 334 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’426
- Dwellings
- 805
- Single-family houses
- 334
- Building volume
- 1.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Heimiswil
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