Langnau im Emmental: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 902 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’464
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 39
- Median utilization
- 59 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.6 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Langnau im Emmental
Langnau im Emmental is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 3’464 parcels in 39 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (994), Wohnzone 2 (708) and übriges Gebiet (607).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 59 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 115 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Langnau im Emmental sits above it.
The median building height is 10.6 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 172 % (338 parcels), higher than the 138 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 994 | 8 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 708 | 96 % |
| übriges Gebiet | 607 | 0 % |
| Mischzone 3 | 355 | 98 % |
| Mischzone 2 | 326 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 128 | 78 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone B gemäss Zonenplan vom 13.2.1995 | 108 | 92 % |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 74 | 69 % |
| Hangschutzzone | 67 | 357 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone A gemäss Zonenplan vom 13.2.1995 | 19 | 98 % |
| Weilerzone Gohl | 12 | 315 % |
| ZöN 2 Schulbauten, Anlagen und Kletterhalle | 9 | 102 % |
| Other zones (27) | 57 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’413 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 115 %. The median is 59 % and the mean 121 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %47 %
- 50 % to below 100 %22 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above17 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’412 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.59. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.35.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5069 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0021 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 2’100 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.7 m and 12.6 m. The median is 10.6 m and the mean 10.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m16 %
- 8 m to below 12 m52 %
- 12 m to below 20 m32 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’406 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 343 %
- 3 to below 551 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
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 | 3’464 | 138 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’169 | 203 % |
| Last 40 years | 847 | 205 % |
| Last 20 years | 338 | 172 % |
| Last 15 years | 227 | 181 % |
| Last 10 years | 120 | 198 % |
| Last 5 years | 50 | 196 % |
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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).