Büren an der Aare: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 383 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’452
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 71 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.32
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Büren an der Aare
Büren an der Aare is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’452 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (571), Landwirtschaftszone (396) and Mischzone M2 (147).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 71 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 111 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Büren an der Aare sits above it.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.32. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 110 % (151 parcels), higher than the 83 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 | 571 | 81 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 396 | 0 % |
| Mischzone M2 | 147 | 99 % |
| Altstadtzone | 73 | 146 % |
| Arbeitszone A2 | 64 | 92 % |
| Mischzone M3 | 39 | 106 % |
| Altstadtumgebungszone Graben | 35 | 102 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 34 | 40 % |
| Wohnzone W1 | 25 | 100 % |
| Grünzone | 22 | 0 % |
| Arbeitszone A3 | 9 | 0 % |
| Bestandeszone Reiben | 6 | 106 % |
| Other zones (16) | 31 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’425 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 111 %. The median is 71 % and the mean 79 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %40 %
- 50 % to below 100 %29 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’425 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.56. The median is 0.32 and the mean 0.49.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5071 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0019 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above7 %
Building height
Of the 933 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.7 m and 11.6 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 10.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m29 %
- 8 m to below 12 m50 %
- 12 m to below 20 m19 %
- 20 m and above2 %
Number of floors
Of the 728 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 212 %
- 2 to below 355 %
- 3 to below 532 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 1’452 | 83 % |
| Last 60 years | 585 | 111 % |
| Last 40 years | 407 | 119 % |
| Last 20 years | 151 | 110 % |
| Last 15 years | 84 | 122 % |
| Last 10 years | 44 | 134 % |
| Last 5 years | 18 | 106 % |
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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).