Bière
Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5425
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 888 parcels in Bière, covering 25.1 km². 44.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’539 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 888
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 25.1 km²
0.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’539 m²
Canton: 1’361 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 44.1%
Canton: 49.3%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1960
Canton: 1972
Switzerland: 1976
About Bière
Bière is a municipality in the canton of Vaud and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels on 0.9% of its area. The median parcel in Bière measures 1’539 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’361 m². Bière is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 44.1% of its parcels have a building, against 49.3% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone centrale 15 LAT (30.2%), Zone agricole 16 LAT (29.6%) and Aire forestière 18 LAT (10.7%). In total, Bière uses 17 zone designations.
According to the building register, Bière has 719 buildings with 848 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 54.2% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 53.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (30.9% of them), and 17.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1960, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1972).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 392 (44.1%)Unbuilt: 496 (55.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone centrale 15 LAT | 268 | 0.20 km² | 77.2% |
| Zone agricole 16 LAT | 263 | 5.74 km² | 19.4% |
| Aire forestière 18 LAT | 95 | 13.73 km² | 12.6% |
| Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT | 92 | 0.10 km² | 82.6% |
| Zone de desserte 15 LAT | 64 | 0.15 km² | 1.6% |
| Zone militaire 18 LAT | 34 | 4.89 km² | 29.4% |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT | 13 | 0.06 km² | 69.2% |
| Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT | 12 | 0.04 km² | 75.0% |
| Zone agricole protégée 16 LAT | 11 | 0.04 km² | 9.1% |
| Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT | 11 | 0.05 km² | 63.6% |
| Zone des eaux 17 LAT | 9 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone de verdure 15 LAT | 5 | 0.01 km² | 20.0% |
| Other zones (5 labels) | 11 | 0.05 km² | 72.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 719 buildings with 848 dwellings here; 174 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 719
- Dwellings
- 848
- Single-family houses
- 174
- Building volume
- 1.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Bière
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