Oberburg
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 418
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Oberburg center
The parcel data lists 1’316 parcels in Oberburg, covering 14.1 km². 54% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’433 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’316
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 14.1 km²
0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’433 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 54%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Oberburg
Oberburg is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.3% of their area. The median parcel in Oberburg measures 1’433 m², larger than the canton median of 1’126 m². Oberburg is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 54% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (53.6%), Wohnzone 2 (18.8%) and Mischzone 3 (9.4%). In total, Oberburg uses 23 zone designations.
According to the building register, Oberburg has 1’543 buildings with 1’511 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 54.1% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 50% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (22% of them), and 21.8% 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: 710 (54%)Unbuilt: 606 (46%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 706 | 12.91 km² | 28.3% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 248 | 0.19 km² | 87.5% |
| Mischzone 3 | 124 | 0.11 km² | 89.5% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 78 | 0.08 km² | 82.1% |
| Wohnzone 1 | 43 | 0.03 km² | 88.4% |
| Arbeitszone 2 | 28 | 0.10 km² | 71.4% |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 24 | 0.04 km² | 87.5% |
| Zone für Sport und Freizeit | 18 | 0.47 km² | 22.2% |
| Weilerzone | 13 | 0.03 km² | 84.6% |
| Strukturerhaltungszone | 7 | 0.01 km² | 85.7% |
| Gruenzone | 4 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| ZoeN 5 Schulanlage Stöckern | 4 | 0.03 km² | 50.0% |
| Other zones (11 labels) | 19 | 0.06 km² | 84.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’543 buildings with 1’511 dwellings here; 352 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’543
- Dwellings
- 1’511
- Single-family houses
- 352
- Building volume
- 1.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Oberburg
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Oberburg. 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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