Wattenwil
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 886
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 2’375 parcels in Wattenwil, covering 14.5 km². 39.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’722 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’375
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 14.5 km²
0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’722 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 39.7%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1981
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Wattenwil
Wattenwil is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.3% of their area. The median parcel in Wattenwil measures 1’722 m², larger than the canton median of 1’126 m². Wattenwil is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 39.7% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (70.1%), Wohn-/Arbeitszone W/A2 (11%) and Wohnzone W2 (10.1%). In total, Wattenwil uses 24 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wattenwil has 1’595 buildings with 1’616 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 54.4% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 41.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (24.8% of them), and 23.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1981, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 943 (39.7%)Unbuilt: 1’432 (60.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ | 1’666 | 13.83 km² | 21.1% |
| Wohn-/Arbeitszone W/A2 | 261 | 0.23 km² | 82.4% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 240 | 0.19 km² | 85.4% |
| Wohnzone W1 | 108 | 0.08 km² | 84.3% |
| Arbeitszone A | 34 | 0.06 km² | 88.2% |
| Weilerzone WZ | 26 | 0.04 km² | 84.6% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 15 | 0.02 km² | 80.0% |
| Zone für Sport- und Freizeitanlagen ZSF 1 | 3 | 0.02 km² | 66.7% |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZöN 14 | 3 | < 0.01 km² | 33.3% |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZöN 3 | 3 | < 0.01 km² | 33.3% |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZöN 6 | 2 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZöN 7 | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| Other zones (12 labels) | 12 | 0.06 km² | 83.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’595 buildings with 1’616 dwellings here; 422 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’595
- Dwellings
- 1’616
- Single-family houses
- 422
- Building volume
- 1.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Wattenwil
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