Orvin: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 438 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’281
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 17
- Median utilization
- 43 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 7.9 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Orvin
Orvin is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’281 parcels in 17 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole (837), Zone d'habitation I (232) and Zone mixte (146).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 43 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 154 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Orvin sits above it.
The median building height is 7.9 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 135 % (53 parcels), higher than the 115 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole | 837 | 0 % |
| Zone d'habitation I | 232 | 80 % |
| Zone mixte | 146 | 193 % |
| PQ B Zone d'habitation et d'artisanat | 16 | 61 % |
| Zone d'activités économiques I | 16 | 48 % |
| Zone d'habitation II | 11 | 74 % |
| Zone d'activités économiques II | 6 | 0 % |
| Zone d'utilité publique D | 4 | 2 % |
| Zone d'utilité publique F | 3 | 71 % |
| Zone d'utilité publique B | 2 | 50 % |
| Zone de ferme | 2 | 50 % |
| Reste du territoire | 1 | 0 % |
| Other zones (5) | 5 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’263 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 154 %. The median is 43 % and the mean 107 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %52 %
- 50 % to below 100 %12 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above25 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’263 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.24. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.21.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5088 %
- 0.50 to below 1.006 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 687 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.5 m and 9.9 m. The median is 7.9 m and the mean 8.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m53 %
- 8 m to below 12 m35 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 499 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.7. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 220 %
- 2 to below 351 %
- 3 to below 529 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
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 | 1’281 | 115 % |
| Last 60 years | 281 | 168 % |
| Last 40 years | 171 | 150 % |
| Last 20 years | 53 | 135 % |
| Last 15 years | 34 | 158 % |
| Last 10 years | 24 | 174 % |
| Last 5 years | 13 | 148 % |
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).