Erlenbach im Simmental: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 763 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’690
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 12
- Median utilization
- 20 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.9 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Erlenbach im Simmental
Erlenbach im Simmental is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’690 parcels in 12 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Land- und Alpwirtschaftszone (994), Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2-geschossig (180) and Erhaltungszone (156).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 20 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 103 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Erlenbach im Simmental sits below it.
The median building height is 8.9 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 181 % (94 parcels), higher than the 127 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Land- und Alpwirtschaftszone | 994 | 1 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2-geschossig | 180 | 85 % |
| Erhaltungszone | 156 | 84 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 148 | 91 % |
| Kernzone 3-geschossig | 72 | 61 % |
| Wohnzone 1-geschossig | 38 | 80 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 34 | 1 % |
| Gewerbezone | 31 | 35 % |
| Zone für Sport und Freizeit | 14 | 0 % |
| Grünzone | 13 | 0 % |
| Industriezone | 6 | 54 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung Parkanlage | 4 | 91 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’672 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 103 %. The median is 20 % and the mean 112 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %60 %
- 50 % to below 100 %14 %
- 100 % to below 150 %9 %
- 150 % and above17 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’672 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.41. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.24.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5081 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0014 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 970 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.6 m and 10.0 m. The median is 8.9 m and the mean 8.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m30 %
- 8 m to below 12 m64 %
- 12 m to below 20 m6 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 501 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 215 %
- 2 to below 350 %
- 3 to below 536 %
- 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 | 1’690 | 127 % |
| Last 60 years | 406 | 180 % |
| Last 40 years | 277 | 175 % |
| Last 20 years | 94 | 181 % |
| Last 15 years | 73 | 184 % |
| Last 10 years | 35 | 211 % |
| Last 5 years | 14 | 132 % |
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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).