Riggisberg: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 879 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’461
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 30
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.8 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Riggisberg
Riggisberg is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’461 parcels in 30 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone / übriges Gebiet (1’351), Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (Rümligen) (341) and Wohnzone W2 (281).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 76 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Riggisberg sits below it.
The median building height is 9.8 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 144 % (176 parcels), higher than the 70 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone / übriges Gebiet | 1’351 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (Rümligen) | 341 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 281 | 87 % |
| Mischzone M2 | 190 | 80 % |
| Kernzone K3 | 130 | 91 % |
| Wohnzone W2 (Rümligen) | 62 | 73 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone M2 (Rümligen) | 22 | 145 % |
| Mischzone M3 | 13 | 71 % |
| Arbeitszone A1 | 12 | 76 % |
| Weilerzone WEZ (Rümligen) | 11 | 87 % |
| Grünzone | 7 | 0 % |
| Abbau- und Ablagerungszone | 5 | 0 % |
| Other zones (18) | 36 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’425 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 76 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 62 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %68 %
- 50 % to below 100 %13 %
- 100 % to below 150 %9 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’425 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.30. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.17.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5085 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 982 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 11.4 m. The median is 9.8 m and the mean 9.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m25 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m16 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 625 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.7. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 359 %
- 3 to below 530 %
- 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 | 2’461 | 70 % |
| Last 60 years | 629 | 147 % |
| Last 40 years | 433 | 146 % |
| Last 20 years | 176 | 144 % |
| Last 15 years | 126 | 157 % |
| Last 10 years | 74 | 169 % |
| Last 5 years | 34 | 121 % |
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).