Farnern: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 975 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 274
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 8
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.7 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 1.9
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Farnern
Farnern is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 274 parcels in 8 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (169), Wohnzone zweigeschossig (45) and Dorfzone (35).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 103 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Farnern sits below it.
The median building height is 8.7 m at 1.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 169 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig | 45 | 78 % |
| Dorfzone | 35 | 119 % |
| Wohnzone eigeschossig | 9 | 40 % |
| uebriges Gebiet | 9 | 0 % |
| Grünzone | 4 | 0 % |
| ZöN Dorfplatz | 2 | 0 % |
| ZöN Schul- und Turnanlagen | 1 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 268 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 103 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 76 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %63 %
- 50 % to below 100 %10 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above15 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 268 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.22. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.14.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5093 %
- 0.50 to below 1.005 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 114 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.9 m and 10.6 m. The median is 8.7 m and the mean 8.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m40 %
- 8 m to below 12 m54 %
- 12 m to below 20 m5 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 82 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.5 and 2.3. The median is 1.9 and the mean 1.9.
Share of parcels by range
- below 226 %
- 2 to below 360 %
- 3 to below 515 %
- 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 | 274 | 87 % |
| Last 60 years | 74 | 156 % |
| Last 40 years | 52 | 131 % |
| Last 20 years | 26 | 131 % |
| Last 15 years | 20 | 145 % |
| Last 10 years | 10 | 186 % |
| Last 5 years | 6 | 198 % |
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).