Courtelary: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 434 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’119
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 13
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.6 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Courtelary
Courtelary is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’119 parcels in 13 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole (609), Zone d'habitation HI (238) and Zone mixte, habitation et activités (227).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 94 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Courtelary sits below it.
The median building height is 8.6 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 117 % (108 parcels), higher than the 57 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole | 609 | 0 % |
| Zone d'habitation HI | 238 | 95 % |
| Zone mixte, habitation et activités | 227 | 98 % |
| Zone d'activités économiques AII | 15 | 97 % |
| Zone d'activités économiques AI | 9 | 69 % |
| Zone d'habitation HII | 7 | 100 % |
| Domaine ferroviaire | 4 | 0 % |
| Zone d'utilité publique A "Eglise" | 3 | 1 % |
| Zone d'utilité publique D "Préfecture" | 3 | 0 % |
| Zone d'utilité publique E "Ecoles" | 1 | 100 % |
| Zone de sport et loisirs "Champ d'aviation" | 1 | 100 % |
| Zone de sport et loisirs "Terrain de football" | 1 | 0 % |
| Other zones (1) | 1 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’104 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 94 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 53 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %62 %
- 50 % to below 100 %16 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’104 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.35. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.21.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5086 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0010 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 525 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.9 m and 10.8 m. The median is 8.6 m and the mean 9.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m42 %
- 8 m to below 12 m43 %
- 12 m to below 20 m15 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 334 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 354 %
- 3 to below 534 %
- 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 | 1’119 | 57 % |
| Last 60 years | 283 | 110 % |
| Last 40 years | 210 | 116 % |
| Last 20 years | 108 | 117 % |
| Last 15 years | 77 | 127 % |
| Last 10 years | 38 | 136 % |
| Last 5 years | 16 | 129 % |
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).