Ferenbalm: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 662 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’083
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 11
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.6 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Ferenbalm
Ferenbalm is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’083 parcels in 11 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone / übriges Gebiet (702), Wohnzone W2 (152) and Wohn- und Arbeitszone WA2 (118).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 93 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Ferenbalm sits below it.
The median building height is 9.6 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 130 % (42 parcels), higher than the 71 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone / übriges Gebiet | 702 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 152 | 97 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone WA2 | 118 | 85 % |
| Bestandeszone BZ | 67 | 98 % |
| Weilerzone WEZ | 17 | 91 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZöN | 11 | 56 % |
| Arbeitszone A2 | 8 | 59 % |
| Gärtnereizone Gä | 3 | 32 % |
| Mischzone M3 (kant. Zonentyp) | 3 | 0 % |
| Sonderzone SZ | 1 | 0 % |
| Zone für Sport und Freizeitanlage ZSF | 1 | 0 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’071 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 93 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 64 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %63 %
- 50 % to below 100 %14 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above13 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’071 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.31. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.17.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5089 %
- 0.50 to below 1.009 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 432 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 11.2 m. The median is 9.6 m and the mean 9.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m13 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 277 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.6. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 362 %
- 3 to below 528 %
- 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 | 1’083 | 71 % |
| Last 60 years | 264 | 137 % |
| Last 40 years | 184 | 140 % |
| Last 20 years | 42 | 130 % |
| Last 15 years | 33 | 112 % |
| Last 10 years | 18 | 104 % |
| Last 5 years | 5 | 86 % |
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).