Interlaken: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 581 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’393
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 79 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.54
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.6 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 3.0
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Interlaken
Interlaken is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’393 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W3 (284), Wohnzone W2 (275) and Mischzone MK mit GZ (264).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 79 %; half of the parcels lie between 9 % and 140 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Interlaken sits above it.
The median building height is 10.6 m at 3.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.54. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 118 % (163 parcels), lower than the 194 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W3 | 284 | 100 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 275 | 102 % |
| Mischzone MK mit GZ | 264 | 72 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 177 | 0 % |
| Mischzone MA3 | 148 | 71 % |
| Arbeitszone A | 138 | 66 % |
| Wohnzone W4 | 22 | 99 % |
| Hotelzone HA | 17 | 7’890 % |
| Hotelzone HC | 16 | 22 % |
| Grünzone GZ | 8 | 0 % |
| ZöN b Schulanlage Alpenstrasse | 7 | 0 % |
| ZöN i+k | 5 | 68 % |
| Other zones (16) | 32 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’360 parcels with a value, half lie between 9 % and 140 %. The median is 79 % and the mean 179 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %38 %
- 50 % to below 100 %22 %
- 100 % to below 150 %18 %
- 150 % and above22 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’360 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.08 and 1.26. The median is 0.54 and the mean 0.89.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5048 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0020 %
- 1.00 to below 1.5012 %
- 1.50 and above20 %
Building height
Of the 971 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 13.6 m. The median is 10.6 m and the mean 11.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m22 %
- 8 m to below 12 m42 %
- 12 m to below 20 m34 %
- 20 m and above3 %
Number of floors
Of the 704 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.1 and 3.8. The median is 3.0 and the mean 3.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 28 %
- 2 to below 327 %
- 3 to below 554 %
- 5 and above11 %
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 | 1’393 | 194 % |
| Last 60 years | 450 | 176 % |
| Last 40 years | 301 | 127 % |
| Last 20 years | 163 | 118 % |
| Last 15 years | 122 | 125 % |
| Last 10 years | 77 | 138 % |
| Last 5 years | 39 | 167 % |
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).