Ins: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 496 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’784
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 70
- Median utilization
- 10 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.5 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Ins
Ins is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’784 parcels in 70 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (725), Wohnzone 2 (335) and Kernzone A (266).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 97 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Ins sits below it.
The median building height is 9.5 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 111 % (262 parcels), higher than the 59 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 725 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 335 | 74 % |
| Kernzone A | 266 | 92 % |
| UeO 5 Sektor Bauzone | 139 | 96 % |
| Mischzone 2 | 62 | 93 % |
| Kernzone B | 51 | 58 % |
| übriges Gebiet | 25 | 0 % |
| Arbeitszone A | 23 | 97 % |
| Grünzone | 22 | 3 % |
| Arbeitszone B | 18 | 22 % |
| Mischzone 3 | 11 | 30 % |
| UeO 5 Sektor Landwirtschaftszone | 11 | 0 % |
| Other zones (58) | 96 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’735 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 97 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 55 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %56 %
- 50 % to below 100 %20 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’734 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.43. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.26.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5080 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 874 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 11.3 m. The median is 9.5 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m15 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 642 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.4. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 212 %
- 2 to below 367 %
- 3 to below 521 %
- 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 | 1’784 | 59 % |
| Last 60 years | 625 | 109 % |
| Last 40 years | 487 | 110 % |
| Last 20 years | 262 | 111 % |
| Last 15 years | 165 | 110 % |
| Last 10 years | 112 | 114 % |
| Last 5 years | 46 | 120 % |
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).