Reichenbach im Kandertal: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 567 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’267
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 35
- Median utilization
- 17 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.5 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Reichenbach im Kandertal
Reichenbach im Kandertal is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 3’267 parcels in 35 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (2’328), Wohn- und Gewerbezone (673) and Ferienhauszone (81).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 17 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 104 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Reichenbach im Kandertal sits below it.
The median building height is 8.5 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 163 % (248 parcels), higher than the 138 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 2’328 | 4 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 673 | 86 % |
| Ferienhauszone | 81 | 91 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 67 | 82 % |
| Gewerbezone | 64 | 85 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung w | 10 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 4 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung g | 3 | 100 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung i | 3 | 98 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung l | 3 | 78 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung n | 3 | 101 % |
| Hotelzone Griesalp | 2 | 50 % |
| Other zones (23) | 26 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’232 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 104 %. The median is 17 % and the mean 127 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %60 %
- 50 % to below 100 %14 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above16 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’232 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.30. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.17.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5086 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 1’964 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.2 m and 9.6 m. The median is 8.5 m and the mean 8.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m37 %
- 8 m to below 12 m59 %
- 12 m to below 20 m4 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’258 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.5 and 2.5. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 224 %
- 2 to below 352 %
- 3 to below 524 %
- 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 | 3’267 | 138 % |
| Last 60 years | 963 | 183 % |
| Last 40 years | 599 | 183 % |
| Last 20 years | 248 | 163 % |
| Last 15 years | 152 | 149 % |
| Last 10 years | 70 | 166 % |
| Last 5 years | 30 | 107 % |
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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).