Herzogenbuchsee: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 979 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’880
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 44
- Median utilization
- 64 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.30
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.3 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Herzogenbuchsee
Herzogenbuchsee is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’880 parcels in 44 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2-geschossig (1’212), Landwirtschaftszone (420) and uebriges Gebiet (366).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 64 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 105 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Herzogenbuchsee sits above it.
The median building height is 9.3 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.30. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 123 % (229 parcels), higher than the 85 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 1’212 | 88 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 420 | 0 % |
| uebriges Gebiet | 366 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig | 171 | 97 % |
| Dorfzone | 170 | 84 % |
| Kernzone | 148 | 70 % |
| Mischzone 2-geschossig | 116 | 88 % |
| Arbeitszone 2 | 87 | 69 % |
| Mischzone 3-geschossig | 78 | 51 % |
| Erhaltungszone | 18 | 54 % |
| Arbeitszone 1993 | 13 | 55 % |
| Bauernhofzone | 9 | 69 % |
| Other zones (32) | 72 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’827 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 105 %. The median is 64 % and the mean 66 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %44 %
- 50 % to below 100 %28 %
- 100 % to below 150 %18 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’827 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.50. The median is 0.30 and the mean 0.35.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 1’714 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.6 m and 11.4 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m30 %
- 8 m to below 12 m51 %
- 12 m to below 20 m18 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’230 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 356 %
- 3 to below 533 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
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 | 2’880 | 85 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’029 | 112 % |
| Last 40 years | 662 | 118 % |
| Last 20 years | 229 | 123 % |
| Last 15 years | 154 | 123 % |
| Last 10 years | 90 | 123 % |
| Last 5 years | 36 | 142 % |
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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).