Berken: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 972 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 129
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 5
- Median utilization
- 6 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.06
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.3 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Berken
Berken is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 129 parcels in 5 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (67), uebriges Gebiet (42) and Kiesabbau- und Ablagerungszone Sektor A (12).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 6 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 9 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Berken sits below it.
The median building height is 10.3 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 67 | 0 % |
| uebriges Gebiet | 42 | 0 % |
| Kiesabbau- und Ablagerungszone Sektor A | 12 | 0 % |
| Weilerzone | 6 | 86 % |
| Kiesabbau- und Ablagerungszone Sektor B | 2 | 50 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 122 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 9 %. The median is 6 % and the mean 12 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %91 %
- 50 % to below 100 %4 %
- 100 % to below 150 %3 %
- 150 % and above2 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 122 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.08. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.04.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5098 %
- 0.50 to below 1.002 %
- 1.00 to below 1.500 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 21 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.9 m and 12.9 m. The median is 10.3 m and the mean 10.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m38 %
- 8 m to below 12 m24 %
- 12 m to below 20 m33 %
- 20 m and above5 %
Number of floors
Of the 5 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 220 %
- 2 to below 340 %
- 3 to below 540 %
- 5 and above0 %
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 | 129 | 16 % |
| Last 60 years | 12 | 50 % |
| Last 40 years | 9 | 57 % |
| Last 20 years | 3 | 100 % |
| Last 15 years | 3 | 100 % |
| Last 10 years | 3 | 100 % |
| Last 5 years | 2 | 100 % |
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).