Heiligenschwendi: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 927 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 625
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 13
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.8 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Heiligenschwendi
Heiligenschwendi is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 625 parcels in 13 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (460), Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (114) and Mischzone, 2 Geschosse (25).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 94 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Heiligenschwendi sits below it.
The median building height is 9.8 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 161 % (40 parcels), higher than the 96 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 460 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse | 114 | 87 % |
| Mischzone, 2 Geschosse | 25 | 89 % |
| W2 innere Nutzung UeO1 | 9 | 97 % |
| Gewerbezone | 5 | 100 % |
| Hotelzone | 3 | 82 % |
| Zone fuer oeffentliche Heilanstalten | 3 | 54 % |
| ZSF innere Nutzung UeO1 | 1 | 100 % |
| ZoeN innere Nutzung UeO 2 Gemeindeplatz | 1 | 0 % |
| Zone fuer oeffentliche Nutzung A Friedhof | 1 | 100 % |
| Zone fuer oeffentliche Nutzung B Kapelle | 1 | 100 % |
| Zone fuer oeffentliche Nutzung C Schulhaus | 1 | 100 % |
| Other zones (1) | 1 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 612 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 94 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 90 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %64 %
- 50 % to below 100 %13 %
- 100 % to below 150 %7 %
- 150 % and above17 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 612 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.34. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.17.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5088 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 272 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.6 m. The median is 9.8 m and the mean 9.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m20 %
- 8 m to below 12 m61 %
- 12 m to below 20 m19 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 155 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.0. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 28 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 545 %
- 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 | 625 | 96 % |
| Last 60 years | 177 | 160 % |
| Last 40 years | 99 | 174 % |
| Last 20 years | 40 | 161 % |
| Last 15 years | 28 | 186 % |
| Last 10 years | 15 | 170 % |
| Last 5 years | 4 | 231 % |
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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).