La Ferrière: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 435 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 423
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 14
- Median utilization
- 30 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.2 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About La Ferrière
La Ferrière is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 423 parcels in 14 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole, territoire hore zone (305), Zone d'habitation de deux étages (48) and Zone du village ancien (28).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 30 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 143 %. The canton median is 32 %, close to the level of La Ferrière.
The median building height is 9.2 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 148 % (36 parcels), lower than the 177 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole, territoire hore zone | 305 | 0 % |
| Zone d'habitation de deux étages | 48 | 99 % |
| Zone du village ancien | 28 | 100 % |
| Zone d'habitation, 3 étages | 15 | 92 % |
| Zone mixte, habitation et activités b | 8 | 444 % |
| Zone d'activités industrielles et artisanales | 4 | 64 % |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics 1 | 3 | 9 % |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics 4 | 3 | 76 % |
| Zone mixte, habitation et activités a | 3 | 110 % |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics 5 | 2 | 50 % |
| Air ferroviaire | 1 | 100 % |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics 2 | 1 | 100 % |
| Other zones (2) | 2 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 406 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 143 %. The median is 30 % and the mean 161 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %56 %
- 50 % to below 100 %11 %
- 100 % to below 150 %9 %
- 150 % and above24 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 406 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.28. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.17.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5088 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0010 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 228 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.3 m and 11.6 m. The median is 9.2 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m32 %
- 8 m to below 12 m46 %
- 12 m to below 20 m21 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 152 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.8. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 218 %
- 2 to below 351 %
- 3 to below 529 %
- 5 and above2 %
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 | 423 | 177 % |
| Last 60 years | 122 | 214 % |
| Last 40 years | 88 | 191 % |
| Last 20 years | 36 | 148 % |
| Last 15 years | 27 | 170 % |
| Last 10 years | 16 | 154 % |
| Last 5 years | 9 | 80 % |
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).