Pieterlen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 392 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’575
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 22
- Median utilization
- 73 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.34
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Pieterlen
Pieterlen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’575 parcels in 22 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 geschossig (557), Landwirtschaftszone (257) and Kernzone 2 geschossig (153).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 73 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 120 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Pieterlen sits above it.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.34. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 120 % (217 parcels), higher than the 82 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2 geschossig | 557 | 100 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 257 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 2 geschossig | 153 | 75 % |
| Wohnzone 3 geschossig | 109 | 92 % |
| Wohnzone 1 geschossig | 96 | 84 % |
| Arbeitszone | 93 | 0 % |
| Mischzone 3 geschossig | 73 | 97 % |
| Wohnzone 4 geschossig | 61 | 67 % |
| Mischzone 4 geschossig | 51 | 44 % |
| übriges Gebiet | 41 | 0 % |
| Mischzone 2 geschossig | 40 | 116 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung C "Kirchhügel" | 10 | 6 % |
| Other zones (10) | 34 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’552 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 120 %. The median is 73 % and the mean 77 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %41 %
- 50 % to below 100 %24 %
- 100 % to below 150 %21 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’551 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.59. The median is 0.34 and the mean 0.41.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5068 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0023 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 994 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.7 m and 11.5 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m28 %
- 8 m to below 12 m53 %
- 12 m to below 20 m19 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 794 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 358 %
- 3 to below 529 %
- 5 and above3 %
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 | 1’575 | 82 % |
| Last 60 years | 638 | 121 % |
| Last 40 years | 443 | 119 % |
| Last 20 years | 217 | 120 % |
| Last 15 years | 171 | 126 % |
| Last 10 years | 111 | 127 % |
| Last 5 years | 53 | 124 % |
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).