Kappelen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 305 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 879
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 7
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.1 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Kappelen
Kappelen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 879 parcels in 7 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (482), Wohn- und Arbeitszone WA (180) and Wohnzone W (138).
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 Kappelen sits below it.
The median building height is 9.1 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 140 % (87 parcels), higher than the 65 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ | 482 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone WA | 180 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone W | 138 | 89 % |
| Arbeitszone A | 36 | 118 % |
| Weilerzone WeZ | 27 | 69 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 9 | 27 % |
| Grünzone GrZ | 7 | 31 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 870 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 94 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 59 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %59 %
- 50 % to below 100 %18 %
- 100 % to below 150 %12 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 870 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.33. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.19.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5087 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0010 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 385 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.4 m and 10.8 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m34 %
- 8 m to below 12 m56 %
- 12 m to below 20 m11 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 270 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.4. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 214 %
- 2 to below 370 %
- 3 to below 516 %
- 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 | 879 | 65 % |
| Last 60 years | 270 | 134 % |
| Last 40 years | 209 | 137 % |
| Last 20 years | 87 | 140 % |
| Last 15 years | 57 | 133 % |
| Last 10 years | 30 | 155 % |
| Last 5 years | 11 | 150 % |
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).