Frauenkappelen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 663 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 603
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 14
- Median utilization
- 60 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.11
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.5 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Frauenkappelen
Frauenkappelen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 603 parcels in 14 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (307), Wohnzone 1 (117) and Wohnzone 2 (37).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 60 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 143 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Frauenkappelen sits above it.
The median building height is 9.5 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.11. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 149 % (45 parcels), lower than the 256 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 307 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 1 | 117 | 107 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 37 | 105 % |
| Dorfzone | 27 | 138 % |
| Mischzone A | 27 | 63 % |
| Wohnzone 4 (kant. Zonentyp) | 24 | 100 % |
| Weilerzone | 17 | 539 % |
| Sektor b (USP) | 11 | 0 % |
| Sektor c (USP) | 11 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen | 8 | 75 % |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 6 | 30 % |
| Arbeitszone 2 | 4 | 89 % |
| Other zones (2) | 7 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 584 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 143 %. The median is 60 % and the mean 223 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %47 %
- 50 % to below 100 %17 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above23 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 584 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.57. The median is 0.11 and the mean 0.33.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5072 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0023 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 318 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.2 m and 11.7 m. The median is 9.5 m and the mean 10.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m21 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m22 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 250 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.0. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 547 %
- 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 | 603 | 256 % |
| Last 60 years | 220 | 242 % |
| Last 40 years | 162 | 223 % |
| Last 20 years | 45 | 149 % |
| Last 15 years | 39 | 151 % |
| Last 10 years | 29 | 130 % |
| Last 5 years | 18 | 122 % |
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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).