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Guggisberg: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 852 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
2’400

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
16
Median utilization
7 %

Canton: 32 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.06

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.2 m

Canton: 9.5 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
1.9

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Guggisberg

Guggisberg is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’400 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (2’164), Dorfzone (138) and Ferienhauszone (64).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 49 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Guggisberg sits below it.

The median building height is 9.2 m at 1.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 284 % (109 parcels), higher than the 120 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone2’1640 %
Dorfzone138100 %
Ferienhauszone6474 %
Weilerzone17121 %
Zone für öffentliche Nutzung A Kirche, Pfarrhaus, Gemeindehaus Guggisberg335 %
Zone für öffentliche Nutzung B Friedhof, Werkhof, Parkplatz Guggisberg2100 %
Zone für öffentliche Nutzung J Mehrzweckanlage Riffenmatt2100 %
Zone für öffentliche Nutzung K Kirche, Friedhof, Parkplatz Sangernboden250 %
Gewerbezone Riffenmatt1100 %
Naturnahe Freizeitzone10 %
Zone für öffentliche Nutzung C Schulhaus Guggisberg1100 %
Zone für öffentliche Nutzung D Allzweckplatz Kalchstätten10 %
Other zones (4)4-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 2’378 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 49 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 105 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %75 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %8 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %4 %
  • 150 % and above13 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 2’378 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.08.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5094 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.005 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.50< 1 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 877 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.3 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.2 m and the mean 9.1 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m34 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m54 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m12 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 404 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.4 and 2.4. The median is 1.9 and the mean 1.9.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 227 %
  • 2 to below 355 %
  • 3 to below 518 %
  • 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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years2’400120 %
Last 60 years441285 %
Last 40 years278298 %
Last 20 years109284 %
Last 15 years81298 %
Last 10 years25386 %
Last 5 years17302 %

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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).