Biglen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 603 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 678
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 76 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.32
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.2 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Biglen
Biglen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 678 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (247), Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (177) and Mischzone, 2 Geschosse (129).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 76 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 122 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Biglen sits above it.
The median building height is 10.2 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.32. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 146 % (84 parcels), higher than the 117 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 247 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse | 177 | 91 % |
| Mischzone, 2 Geschosse | 129 | 108 % |
| W2 ZPP9, Arnistrasse | 25 | 99 % |
| Mischzone, 3 Geschosse | 22 | 77 % |
| W2 UeO Riedhaldenweg | 10 | 80 % |
| Arbeitszone | 9 | 95 % |
| Wohnzone, 3 Geschosse | 7 | 61 % |
| M2 - Zone mit Planungspflicht. Nr. 7 Halden, Sektor A | 5 | 18 % |
| M2 UeO Riedhaldenweg | 5 | 91 % |
| Kernzone UeO Rohrstrasse | 4 | 110 % |
| M2, ZPP3 Kreuz | 4 | 82 % |
| Other zones (16) | 34 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 641 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 122 %. The median is 76 % and the mean 112 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %39 %
- 50 % to below 100 %25 %
- 100 % to below 150 %19 %
- 150 % and above18 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 641 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.54. The median is 0.32 and the mean 0.35.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5072 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0023 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 410 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.4 m and 12.0 m. The median is 10.2 m and the mean 10.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m19 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m24 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 297 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 352 %
- 3 to below 541 %
- 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 | 678 | 117 % |
| Last 60 years | 271 | 155 % |
| Last 40 years | 199 | 153 % |
| Last 20 years | 84 | 146 % |
| Last 15 years | 76 | 145 % |
| Last 10 years | 43 | 145 % |
| Last 5 years | 20 | 177 % |
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).