Lauterbrunnen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 584 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’983
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 57
- Median utilization
- 10 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.5 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Lauterbrunnen
Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 3’983 parcels in 57 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (2’520), Wohn- und Gewerbezone (644) and Kernzone (312).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 77 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Lauterbrunnen sits below it.
The median building height is 8.5 m at 2.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 126 % (120 parcels), lower than the 142 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 2’520 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 644 | 57 % |
| Kernzone | 312 | 58 % |
| Wohnzone | 280 | 68 % |
| Hotelzone A | 55 | 40 % |
| Zone für Sport und Freizeit | 15 | 3 % |
| Bestandeszone | 14 | 93 % |
| Gewerbezone | 13 | 24 % |
| Campingplatzzone | 12 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 5 | 10 | 97 % |
| Kernzone 3 | 9 | 52 % |
| Spezialzone Bahn | 8 | 12 % |
| Other zones (45) | 91 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’918 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 77 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 68 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %67 %
- 50 % to below 100 %13 %
- 100 % to below 150 %8 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’917 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.39. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.26.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5080 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0013 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 2’302 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.8 m and 10.4 m. The median is 8.5 m and the mean 8.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m43 %
- 8 m to below 12 m43 %
- 12 m to below 20 m13 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’203 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.3. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 339 %
- 3 to below 550 %
- 5 and above3 %
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 | 3’983 | 142 % |
| Last 60 years | 643 | 130 % |
| Last 40 years | 391 | 120 % |
| Last 20 years | 120 | 126 % |
| Last 15 years | 68 | 109 % |
| Last 10 years | 40 | 92 % |
| Last 5 years | 17 | 67 % |
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).