Belp: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 861 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’253
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 22
- Median utilization
- 50 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.29
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.7 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Belp
Belp is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 3’253 parcels in 22 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse W2 (1’041), Landwirtschaftszone LWZ Belp (801) and Landwirtschaftszone LZ Belpberg (456).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 50 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 99 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Belp sits above it.
The median building height is 9.7 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.29. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 142 % (296 parcels), higher than the 103 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse W2 | 1’041 | 68 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ Belp | 801 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone LZ Belpberg | 456 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone, 3 Geschosse W3 | 336 | 78 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone, 2 Geschosse WA2 | 149 | 76 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitsezone, 3 Geschosse WA3 | 89 | 87 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone, 2 Geschosse Viehweid WA2-V | 74 | 102 % |
| Arbeitszone A2 | 64 | 79 % |
| Kernzone K | 64 | 74 % |
| Arbeitszone A1 | 38 | 84 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZöN | 30 | 35 % |
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse W2 Belpberg | 29 | 109 % |
| Other zones (10) | 82 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’219 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 99 %. The median is 50 % and the mean 92 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %50 %
- 50 % to below 100 %25 %
- 100 % to below 150 %12 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’219 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.68. The median is 0.29 and the mean 0.40.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5065 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0024 %
- 1.00 to below 1.508 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 1’932 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.9 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 10.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m19 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m23 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’465 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 342 %
- 3 to below 552 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
Building age cohorts
Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.
| Built in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 3’253 | 103 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’379 | 145 % |
| Last 40 years | 975 | 152 % |
| Last 20 years | 296 | 142 % |
| Last 15 years | 189 | 153 % |
| Last 10 years | 54 | 183 % |
| Last 5 years | 20 | 157 % |
How to read this page
room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).