Brienz (BE): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 573 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’896
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 17
- Median utilization
- 34 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.2 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Brienz (BE)
Brienz (BE) is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’896 parcels in 17 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are LWZ, uebriges Gebiet (1’490), Wohnzone W2 (419) and Dorfkernzone DK (325).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 34 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 112 %. The canton median is 32 %, close to the level of Brienz (BE).
The median building height is 8.2 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 137 % (204 parcels), higher than the 108 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| LWZ, uebriges Gebiet | 1’490 | 1 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 419 | 70 % |
| Dorfkernzone DK | 325 | 122 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG2 | 240 | 87 % |
| Ferienhauszone | 198 | 67 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG3 | 57 | 132 % |
| Wohnzohne W2P | 48 | 69 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 43 | 11 % |
| Industrie- und Gewerbezone IG | 30 | 76 % |
| Hotelzone | 13 | 251 % |
| Zone für Sport und Freizeit ZSF | 11 | 46 % |
| Spezialzone Feuerwehr SPZ | 10 | 45 % |
| Other zones (5) | 12 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’867 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 112 %. The median is 34 % and the mean 101 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %55 %
- 50 % to below 100 %17 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above18 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’867 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.42. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.29.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5080 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0013 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 1’764 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.7 m and 9.6 m. The median is 8.2 m and the mean 8.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m46 %
- 8 m to below 12 m49 %
- 12 m to below 20 m5 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’129 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 214 %
- 2 to below 346 %
- 3 to below 540 %
- 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 | 2’896 | 108 % |
| Last 60 years | 770 | 151 % |
| Last 40 years | 543 | 152 % |
| Last 20 years | 204 | 137 % |
| Last 15 years | 148 | 138 % |
| Last 10 years | 91 | 153 % |
| Last 5 years | 35 | 127 % |
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).