Kiesen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 611 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 459
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 16
- Median utilization
- 24 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.3 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Kiesen
Kiesen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 459 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (204), Einfamilienhauszone 2 - geschossig (69) and Wohnzone 2 - geschossig (65).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 24 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 100 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Kiesen sits below it.
The median building height is 9.3 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 157 % (64 parcels), higher than the 87 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 204 | 0 % |
| Einfamilienhauszone 2 - geschossig | 69 | 89 % |
| Wohnzone 2 - geschossig | 65 | 91 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2 - geschossig | 32 | 78 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 27 | 100 % |
| Einfamilienhauszone 1 - geschossig | 19 | 100 % |
| Grünzone | 9 | 0 % |
| Zone für Sport- und Freizeitanlagen | 9 | 21 % |
| Abbau- und Ablagerungszone | 8 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone | 8 | 56 % |
| Uferschutzzone | 2 | 58 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen "ARA unteres Kiesental" | 2 | 50 % |
| Other zones (4) | 5 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 441 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 100 %. The median is 24 % and the mean 76 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %53 %
- 50 % to below 100 %22 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 441 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.45. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.24.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5079 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0019 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 227 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 10.8 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m24 %
- 8 m to below 12 m68 %
- 12 m to below 20 m7 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 163 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 2.9. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 350 %
- 3 to below 545 %
- 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 | 459 | 87 % |
| Last 60 years | 161 | 151 % |
| Last 40 years | 102 | 169 % |
| Last 20 years | 64 | 157 % |
| Last 15 years | 24 | 170 % |
| Last 10 years | 6 | 97 % |
| Last 5 years | 5 | 91 % |
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).