Meikirch: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 307 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’647
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 18
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
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 Meikirch
Meikirch is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’647 parcels in 18 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (858), Wohnzone 2- Geschossig (520) and Wohn- und Gewerbezone (108).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 86 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Meikirch sits below it.
The median building height is 9.1 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 119 % (85 parcels), higher than the 77 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 858 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2- Geschossig | 520 | 77 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 108 | 131 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 93 | 100 % |
| Wohnzone 1- Geschossig | 35 | 60 % |
| Erhaltungszone Altgrächwil | 10 | 187 % |
| Grünzone | 4 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffenltiche Nutzungen 5 | 4 | 111 % |
| Zone für öffenltiche Nutzungen 1 | 3 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffenltiche Nutzungen | 2 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffenltiche Nutzungen 3 | 2 | 100 % |
| Zone für öffenltiche Nutzungen 6 | 2 | 0 % |
| Other zones (6) | 6 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’629 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 86 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 50 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %60 %
- 50 % to below 100 %20 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’629 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.42. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.23.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5081 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 710 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.6 m and 10.9 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m29 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m14 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 572 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.7. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 357 %
- 3 to below 532 %
- 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 | 1’647 | 77 % |
| Last 60 years | 553 | 103 % |
| Last 40 years | 288 | 122 % |
| Last 20 years | 85 | 119 % |
| Last 15 years | 67 | 117 % |
| Last 10 years | 49 | 101 % |
| Last 5 years | 21 | 113 % |
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).