Fraubrunnen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 538 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 4’169
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 26
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.5 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Fraubrunnen
Fraubrunnen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 4’169 parcels in 26 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (2’559), Wohnzone 2-geschossig (671) and Dorfzone 2-geschossig (253).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 77 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Fraubrunnen sits below it.
The median building height is 9.5 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 118 % (333 parcels), higher than the 58 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 2’559 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 671 | 67 % |
| Dorfzone 2-geschossig | 253 | 100 % |
| Dorfzone | 138 | 108 % |
| Kernzone bestehend/neu | 106 | 96 % |
| Dorfkernzone 2-geschossig | 76 | 70 % |
| Kernzone 2-geschossig | 67 | 100 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig (Gebäudehöhe 7.0 m) | 53 | 99 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig (Gebäudehöhe 5.5 m) | 52 | 94 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2-geschossig bestehend/neu | 33 | 80 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ES II | 20 | 217 % |
| Einfamilienhauszone | 18 | 93 % |
| Other zones (14) | 123 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 4’124 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 77 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 49 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %67 %
- 50 % to below 100 %15 %
- 100 % to below 150 %9 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 4’124 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.34. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.18.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5086 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 1’556 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.9 m and 11.4 m. The median is 9.5 m and the mean 9.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m26 %
- 8 m to below 12 m56 %
- 12 m to below 20 m18 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’142 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.6. The median is 2.2 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 | 4’169 | 58 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’146 | 122 % |
| Last 40 years | 770 | 133 % |
| Last 20 years | 333 | 118 % |
| Last 15 years | 235 | 123 % |
| Last 10 years | 130 | 134 % |
| Last 5 years | 43 | 139 % |
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).