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Boltigen: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 791 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
1’784

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
15
Median utilization
17 %

Canton: 32 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.07

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
8.5 m

Canton: 9.5 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.1

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Boltigen

Boltigen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’784 parcels in 15 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (1’349), Kernzone K2 (112) and Mischzone M2 (74).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 17 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 110 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Boltigen sits below it.

The median building height is 8.5 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 239 % (82 parcels), higher than the 131 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone LWZ1’3498 %
Kernzone K2112124 %
Mischzone M27495 %
Kernzone K361150 %
Wohnzone W26095 %
Weilerzone47205 %
Arbeitszone2089 %
Mischzone M32068 %
Zonen für öffentliche Nutzungen1357 %
Ferienhauszone Oberes Chilchmoos1284 %
Ferienhauszone Unteres Chilchmoos75 %
Arbeitszone Wysseney40 %
Other zones (3)5-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 1’763 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 110 %. The median is 17 % and the mean 117 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %64 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %10 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %8 %
  • 150 % and above19 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 1’763 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.19. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.16.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5087 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0010 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above1 %

Building height

Of the 1’089 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.1 m and 9.6 m. The median is 8.5 m and the mean 8.4 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m39 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m58 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m3 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 426 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.5. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 210 %
  • 2 to below 369 %
  • 3 to below 522 %
  • 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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years1’784131 %
Last 60 years327220 %
Last 40 years209239 %
Last 20 years82239 %
Last 15 years57287 %
Last 10 years33148 %
Last 5 years1493 %

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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).