Lyss: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 306 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 4’132
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 79
- Median utilization
- 59 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.39
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.7 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Lyss
Lyss is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 4’132 parcels in 79 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 W2 (997), Landwirtschaftszone (859) and Wohnzone 3 W3 (507).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 59 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 104 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Lyss sits above it.
The median building height is 9.7 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.39. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 128 % (610 parcels), higher than the 72 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2 W2 | 997 | 85 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 859 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 3 W3 | 507 | 53 % |
| Mischzone M3a | 300 | 97 % |
| Wohnzone 2 Busswil | 251 | 83 % |
| Verkehrsfläche | 189 | 0 % |
| Arbeitszone Aa | 166 | 74 % |
| Mischzone M3b | 102 | 75 % |
| Wohnzone 3 Busswil | 100 | 74 % |
| Mischzone M2 | 69 | 69 % |
| Wohnzone 1 W1 | 68 | 67 % |
| Wohnzone 1 Busswil | 64 | 91 % |
| Other zones (67) | 460 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 4’071 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 104 %. The median is 59 % and the mean 68 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %45 %
- 50 % to below 100 %28 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 4’070 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.75. The median is 0.39 and the mean 0.50.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5060 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0026 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above6 %
Building height
Of the 2’588 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.2 m and 11.7 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 10.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m21 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m21 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’057 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 343 %
- 3 to below 549 %
- 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 | 4’132 | 72 % |
| Last 60 years | 2’006 | 114 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’439 | 120 % |
| Last 20 years | 610 | 128 % |
| Last 15 years | 391 | 141 % |
| Last 10 years | 282 | 150 % |
| Last 5 years | 123 | 181 % |
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).