Huttwil
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 954
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 2’533 parcels in Huttwil, covering 17.2 km². 58.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’073 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’533
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 17.2 km²
0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’073 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 58.7%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1970
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Huttwil
Huttwil is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.3% of their area. The median parcel in Huttwil measures 1’073 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’126 m². Huttwil is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 58.7% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2-geschossig (27%), Landwirtschaftszone (26.3%) and Übriges Gebiet (14.4%). In total, Huttwil uses 28 zone designations.
According to the building register, Huttwil has 2’572 buildings with 2’844 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (61.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 42.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (21.8% of them), and 20.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1970, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’488 (58.7%)Unbuilt: 1’045 (41.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 683 | 0.51 km² | 90.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 666 | 12.33 km² | 44.4% |
| Übriges Gebiet | 366 | 3.09 km² | 2.2% |
| Wohn-/ Dienstleistungszone 3-geschossig | 162 | 0.15 km² | 87.0% |
| Strassen- und Verkehrsflächen | 131 | 0.21 km² | 3.8% |
| Wohn-/ Dienstleistungszone 2-geschossig | 110 | 0.13 km² | 90.0% |
| Kernschutzzone 3-geschossig | 79 | 0.05 km² | 84.8% |
| Kernerweiterungszone | 64 | 0.04 km² | 85.9% |
| Wohnzone 1-geschossig | 59 | 0.05 km² | 67.8% |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig | 45 | 0.07 km² | 91.1% |
| Gewerbezone | 43 | 0.15 km² | 81.4% |
| Industriezone | 34 | 0.18 km² | 73.5% |
| Other zones (16 labels) | 91 | 0.28 km² | 67.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’572 buildings with 2’844 dwellings here; 778 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’572
- Dwellings
- 2’844
- Single-family houses
- 778
- Building volume
- 4.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Huttwil
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Huttwil. 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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