Lotzwil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 331 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’226
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 11
- Median utilization
- 63 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.31
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.1 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Lotzwil
Lotzwil is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’226 parcels in 11 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2-geschossig (511), Landwirtschaftszone (305) and Wohn- und Gewerbezone (225).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 63 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 106 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Lotzwil sits above it.
The median building height is 9.1 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.31. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 105 % (127 parcels), higher than the 68 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 511 | 91 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 305 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 225 | 58 % |
| Kernzone | 60 | 116 % |
| Wohnzone 1-geschossig | 42 | 81 % |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 25 | 58 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 22 | 15 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig (dichte Einzelhauszone) | 20 | 96 % |
| Arbeitszone 2 | 12 | 38 % |
| Zone für Sport- und Freizeitanlagen | 3 | 82 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung mit einer Fh gemäss WG2 | 1 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’211 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 106 %. The median is 63 % and the mean 65 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %44 %
- 50 % to below 100 %27 %
- 100 % to below 150 %20 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’211 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.51. The median is 0.31 and the mean 0.34.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5074 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0021 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 757 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.6 m and 10.7 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m29 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m10 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 569 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.6. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 363 %
- 3 to below 529 %
- 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 | 1’226 | 68 % |
| Last 60 years | 461 | 105 % |
| Last 40 years | 329 | 108 % |
| Last 20 years | 127 | 105 % |
| Last 15 years | 97 | 104 % |
| Last 10 years | 70 | 109 % |
| Last 5 years | 30 | 114 % |
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).