Jens: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 738 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 570
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 5
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.0 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Jens
Jens is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 570 parcels in 5 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (238), Wohnzone 2-Geschosse (136) and Dorfzone 2-Geschosse (119).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 94 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Jens sits below it.
The median building height is 9.0 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 96 % (42 parcels), higher than the 53 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 238 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2-Geschosse | 136 | 82 % |
| Dorfzone 2-Geschosse | 119 | 113 % |
| Uebriges Gebiet | 74 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen | 3 | 54 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 564 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 94 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 50 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %59 %
- 50 % to below 100 %18 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 563 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.38. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.20.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5085 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0013 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 259 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.7 m and 10.4 m. The median is 9.0 m and the mean 9.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m28 %
- 8 m to below 12 m64 %
- 12 m to below 20 m8 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 195 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.5. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 214 %
- 2 to below 362 %
- 3 to below 525 %
- 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 | 570 | 53 % |
| Last 60 years | 173 | 105 % |
| Last 40 years | 117 | 112 % |
| Last 20 years | 42 | 96 % |
| Last 15 years | 26 | 100 % |
| Last 10 years | 17 | 109 % |
| Last 5 years | 15 | 112 % |
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).