Petit-Val: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 716 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 989
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 6 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.06
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.6 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Petit-Val
Petit-Val is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 989 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Monible - Zone agricole (162), Souboz - Zone agricole (155) and Châtelat - Zone agricole (124).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 6 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 10 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Petit-Val sits below it.
The median building height is 8.6 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Monible - Zone agricole | 162 | 0 % |
| Souboz - Zone agricole | 155 | 0 % |
| Châtelat - Zone agricole | 124 | 0 % |
| Sornetan - Zone agricole | 98 | 0 % |
| Souboz - Reste du territoire - forêt | 93 | 0 % |
| Sornetan - Reste du territoire - forêt | 79 | 0 % |
| Châtelat - Reste du territoire - forêt | 74 | 0 % |
| Monible - Reste du territoire - forêt | 51 | 0 % |
| Souboz - Zone centre ancien | 51 | 45 % |
| Sornetan - Centre ancien | 32 | 34 % |
| Sornetan - Zone d'habitation | 13 | 88 % |
| Châtelat - Village ancien zone B | 11 | 100 % |
| Other zones (16) | 46 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 961 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 10 %. The median is 6 % and the mean 56 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %84 %
- 50 % to below 100 %4 %
- 100 % to below 150 %4 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 961 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.09.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5093 %
- 0.50 to below 1.006 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 230 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.7 m and 11.0 m. The median is 8.6 m and the mean 9.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m43 %
- 8 m to below 12 m42 %
- 12 m to below 20 m15 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 123 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.4. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 215 %
- 2 to below 369 %
- 3 to below 516 %
- 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 | 989 | 72 % |
| Last 60 years | 102 | 131 % |
| Last 40 years | 68 | 151 % |
| Last 20 years | 27 | 92 % |
| Last 15 years | 19 | 93 % |
| Last 10 years | 9 | 112 % |
| Last 5 years | 6 | 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).