Hellsau
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 408
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 218 parcels in Hellsau, covering 1.5 km². 32.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’837 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 218
- < 0.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 1.5 km²
< 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’837 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 32.6%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1998
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Hellsau
Hellsau is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds less than 0.1% of the canton's parcels in the data, on less than 0.1% of their area. The median parcel in Hellsau measures 1’837 m², larger than the canton median of 1’126 m². Hellsau is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 32.6% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (33.9%), übriges Gebiet (30.7%) and Dorfzone (16.1%). In total, Hellsau uses 7 zone designations.
According to the building register, Hellsau has 152 buildings with 90 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (76.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 48% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (25.4% of them), and 42.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1998, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 71 (32.6%)Unbuilt: 147 (67.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 74 | 1.04 km² | 12.2% |
| übriges Gebiet | 67 | 0.35 km² | 1.5% |
| Dorfzone | 35 | 0.04 km² | 82.9% |
| Wohn - und Gewerbezone | 23 | 0.04 km² | 69.6% |
| Wohnzone | 16 | 0.01 km² | 81.3% |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 2 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Gewerbezone | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 152 buildings with 90 dwellings here; 46 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 152
- Dwellings
- 90
- Single-family houses
- 46
- Building volume
- 165’893 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Hellsau
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