Lenk: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 792 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’392
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 31
- Median utilization
- 13 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.8 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Lenk
Lenk is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 3’392 parcels in 31 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Uebrige (2’089), Wohnzone 2-geschossig (905) and Kernzone (153).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 13 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 89 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Lenk sits below it.
The median building height is 8.8 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 177 % (248 parcels), higher than the 94 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Uebrige | 2’089 | 2 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 905 | 75 % |
| Kernzone | 153 | 84 % |
| Kur- und Hotelzone | 45 | 95 % |
| Mischzone 3-geschossig | 41 | 51 % |
| Arbeitszone | 31 | 64 % |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig | 28 | 77 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig A | 21 | 80 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung 5 | 17 | 0 % |
| Bauernhofzone | 10 | 8 % |
| Hotelzone | 9 | 100 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung 1 | 8 | 0 % |
| Other zones (19) | 35 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’352 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 89 %. The median is 13 % and the mean 86 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %60 %
- 50 % to below 100 %18 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’352 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 0.5088 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0011 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 2’054 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.4 m and 9.8 m. The median is 8.8 m and the mean 8.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m31 %
- 8 m to below 12 m64 %
- 12 m to below 20 m5 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’334 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 215 %
- 2 to below 343 %
- 3 to below 541 %
- 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 | 3’392 | 94 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’037 | 156 % |
| Last 40 years | 604 | 163 % |
| Last 20 years | 248 | 177 % |
| Last 15 years | 183 | 160 % |
| Last 10 years | 86 | 127 % |
| Last 5 years | 40 | 117 % |
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).