Meiringen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 785 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’713
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 55 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.19
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.4 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Meiringen
Meiringen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’713 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are LWZ, uebriges Gebiet (1’129), Wohnzone 2 (875) and Mischzone Kern Geschosszahl 3 (165).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 55 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 108 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Meiringen sits above it.
The median building height is 8.4 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.19. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 125 % (290 parcels), higher than the 90 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| LWZ, uebriges Gebiet | 1’129 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 875 | 90 % |
| Mischzone Kern Geschosszahl 3 | 165 | 81 % |
| Mischzone 2 | 133 | 80 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 131 | 102 % |
| Mischzone Dorf | 62 | 75 % |
| Ferienhauszone Brünig | 46 | 67 % |
| Mischzone Kern Geschosszahl 4 | 24 | 95 % |
| Mischzone Kern Geschosszahl 2 | 23 | 60 % |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 20 | 51 % |
| Spezialzone Brünigen | 16 | 92 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen Plätze | 12 | 0 % |
| Other zones (16) | 77 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’672 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 108 %. The median is 55 % and the mean 80 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %48 %
- 50 % to below 100 %23 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above13 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’672 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.48. The median is 0.19 and the mean 0.32.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5077 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 1’728 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.9 m and 9.7 m. The median is 8.4 m and the mean 8.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m42 %
- 8 m to below 12 m51 %
- 12 m to below 20 m7 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’149 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 541 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 2’713 | 90 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’001 | 131 % |
| Last 40 years | 678 | 130 % |
| Last 20 years | 290 | 125 % |
| Last 15 years | 204 | 129 % |
| Last 10 years | 97 | 120 % |
| Last 5 years | 42 | 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).