Nidau
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 743
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 1’043 parcels in Nidau, covering 1.5 km². 80.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 675 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’043
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 1.5 km²
< 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 675 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 80.7%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1965
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Nidau
Nidau is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels in the data, on less than 0.1% of their area. The median parcel in Nidau measures 675 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’126 m². Nidau is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 80.7% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Bauzone 2 / Mischzone A (ES II) (26%), TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Bauzone 3 / Mischzone A (ES II) (16.6%) and TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Verkehrszone (7.8%). In total, Nidau uses 44 zone designations.
According to the building register, Nidau has 1’441 buildings with 3’938 dwellings, 2.7 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 47.8% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 27.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (25.7% of them), and 8.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 842 (80.7%)Unbuilt: 201 (19.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| TGO_weiteres_Stadtgebiet:_Bauzone_2_/_Mischzone_A_(ES_II) | 271 | 0.19 km² | 95.6% |
| TGO_weiteres_Stadtgebiet:_Bauzone_3_/_Mischzone_A_(ES_II) | 173 | 0.14 km² | 91.3% |
| TGO_weiteres_Stadtgebiet:_Verkehrszone | 81 | 0.13 km² | 4.9% |
| TGO_weiteres_Stadtgebiet:_Bauzone_Bestand_/_Mischzone_A_(ES_II) | 80 | 0.06 km² | 72.5% |
| Wohn-_und_Gewerbezone,_3_Geschosse | 64 | 0.06 km² | 79.7% |
| Uferschutzplan_vom_16.09.2022:_Bauzone_2_/_Mischzone_A_(ES_II) | 54 | 0.05 km² | 96.3% |
| TGO_Altstadt:_Bauzone_B-A_/_Mischzone_B_(ES_III) | 48 | 0.02 km² | 97.9% |
| Wohnzone,_4_Geschosse | 47 | 0.11 km² | 80.9% |
| TGO_weiteres_Stadtgebiet:_Bauzone_3_/_Mischzone_B_(ES_III) | 31 | 0.03 km² | 96.8% |
| TGO_Altstadt:_Bauzone_K_/_Grünzone | 16 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| TGO_weiteres_Stadtgebiet:_Zone_für_öffentliche_Nutzungen | 15 | 0.08 km² | 93.3% |
| TGO_Altstadt:_Zone_mit_Planungspflicht_ZPP_5_Bahnhofgebiet | 13 | 0.02 km² | 38.5% |
| Other zones (32 labels) | 150 | 0.63 km² | 73.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’441 buildings with 3’938 dwellings here; 409 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’441
- Dwellings
- 3’938
- Single-family houses
- 409
- Building volume
- 2.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Nidau
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