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St. Stephan

Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 793

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

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The parcel data lists 1’752 parcels in St. Stephan, covering 60.9 km². 56.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 6’074 m².

Key figures

Parcels
1’752
0.4% of the canton
Total area
60.9 km²

1.1% of the canton

Median area
6’074 m²

Canton: 1’126 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
56.8%

Canton: 57.8%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1941

Canton: 1975

Switzerland: 1976

About St. Stephan

St. Stephan is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 1.1% of their area. The median parcel in St. Stephan measures 6’074 m², larger than the canton median of 1’126 m². St. Stephan is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 56.8% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LZ (76.9%), Wohnzone WZ (8.3%) and Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG A (7.1%). In total, St. Stephan uses 22 zone designations.

According to the building register, St. Stephan has 1’725 buildings with 1’177 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 41.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 56.4% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (39% of them), and 12% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1941, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 996 (56.8%)Unbuilt: 756 (43.2%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Landwirtschaftszone LZ1’34760.40 km²49.1%
Wohnzone WZ1460.14 km²87.0%
Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG A1240.11 km²79.8%
Kernzone KZ810.11 km²77.8%
Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG B130.02 km²92.3%
Gewerbezone GZ120.04 km²83.3%
Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen ZöN L60.01 km²83.3%
Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen ZöN A40.01 km²100.0%
Ferienhauszone20.01 km²100.0%
Lagerzone LZ20.02 km²100.0%
Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen ZöN D2< 0.01 km²0.0%
Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen ZöN F2< 0.01 km²50.0%
Other zones (10 labels)110.03 km²81.8%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 1’725 buildings with 1’177 dwellings here; 200 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
1’725
Dwellings
1’177
Single-family houses
200
Building volume
1.5 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential480
  • Mixed use215
  • Non-residential973
  • Other57

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 1920388
  • 1920-194591
  • 1946-196052
  • 1961-1980123
  • 1981-2000172
  • 2001-201059
  • 2011-202049
  • 2021 and later12
  • Unknown year50

Maps and geodata for St. Stephan

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