Münchenbuchsee: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 546 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’359
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 44
- Median utilization
- 64 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.44
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.3 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Münchenbuchsee
Münchenbuchsee is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’359 parcels in 44 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2-geschossig (542), Einfamilienhauszone 2-geschossig (521) and Wohnzone 3-geschossig (393).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 64 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 101 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Münchenbuchsee sits above it.
The median building height is 9.3 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.44. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 115 % (191 parcels), higher than the 72 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 542 | 78 % |
| Einfamilienhauszone 2-geschossig | 521 | 79 % |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig | 393 | 79 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone / übriges Gebiet | 379 | 0 % |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 62 | 37 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3-geschossig | 62 | 67 % |
| Kernzone 3-geschossig A | 52 | 59 % |
| Wohnzone 4-geschossig (kant. Zonentyp) | 45 | 14 % |
| Arbeitszone 2 | 40 | 90 % |
| Arbeitszone 3 | 36 | 26 % |
| Zone für Sport- und Freizeitanlagen | 34 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone für Einzeleinfamilienhäuser | 30 | 91 % |
| Other zones (32) | 163 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’301 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 101 %. The median is 64 % and the mean 69 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %41 %
- 50 % to below 100 %34 %
- 100 % to below 150 %18 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’301 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.08 and 0.77. The median is 0.44 and the mean 0.49.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5056 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0029 %
- 1.00 to below 1.5012 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 1’580 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 11.4 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m53 %
- 12 m to below 20 m20 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’253 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.0. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 350 %
- 3 to below 543 %
- 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 | 2’359 | 72 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’216 | 98 % |
| Last 40 years | 667 | 110 % |
| Last 20 years | 191 | 115 % |
| Last 15 years | 130 | 116 % |
| Last 10 years | 82 | 110 % |
| Last 5 years | 24 | 111 % |
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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).