Lauterbrunnen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 584
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 3’971 parcels in Lauterbrunnen, covering 93.1 km². 60.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’240 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’971
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 93.1 km²
1.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’240 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 60.8%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1935
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Lauterbrunnen
Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 1.7% of their area. The median parcel in Lauterbrunnen measures 1’240 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’126 m². Lauterbrunnen is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 60.8% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (63.2%), Wohn- und Gewerbezone (16.2%) and Kernzone (7.9%). In total, Lauterbrunnen uses 57 zone designations.
According to the building register, Lauterbrunnen has 3’706 buildings with 3’676 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 42.8% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 56.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (37.3% of them), and 7.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1935, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’414 (60.8%)Unbuilt: 1’557 (39.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 2’508 | 91.59 km² | 50.0% |
| Wohn-_und_Gewerbezone | 644 | 0.60 km² | 81.8% |
| Kernzone | 312 | 0.15 km² | 77.6% |
| Wohnzone | 280 | 0.21 km² | 83.2% |
| Hotelzone_A | 55 | 0.11 km² | 80.0% |
| Zone_für_Sport_und_Freizeit | 15 | 0.09 km² | 60.0% |
| Bestandeszone | 14 | 0.01 km² | 92.9% |
| Gewerbezone | 13 | 0.06 km² | 76.9% |
| Campingplatzzone | 12 | 0.05 km² | 41.7% |
| Kernzone_5 | 10 | < 0.01 km² | 90.0% |
| Kernzone_3 | 9 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Spezialzone_Bahn | 8 | 0.02 km² | 50.0% |
| Other zones (45 labels) | 91 | 0.23 km² | 61.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’706 buildings with 3’676 dwellings here; 559 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’706
- Dwellings
- 3’676
- Single-family houses
- 559
- Building volume
- 3.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Lauterbrunnen
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