Rüegsau: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 956 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’327
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 23
- Median utilization
- 65 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.15
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.3 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Rüegsau
Rüegsau is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’327 parcels in 23 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (421), Wohnzone 2-Geschossig (261) and übriges Gebiet (175).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 65 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 109 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Rüegsau sits above it.
The median building height is 10.3 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.15. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 166 % (151 parcels), higher than the 148 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 421 | 6 % |
| Wohnzone 2-Geschossig | 261 | 90 % |
| übriges Gebiet | 175 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 3-Geschossig | 154 | 78 % |
| Kernzone 2-Geschossig | 81 | 106 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2-Geschossig | 72 | 102 % |
| Dorfzone 2-Geschossig | 64 | 94 % |
| Verkehrszone | 48 | 0 % |
| Industriezone | 18 | 86 % |
| Wohnzone 3-Geschossig | 6 | 54 % |
| ZöN Kirche Rüegsau | 6 | 21 % |
| ZöN Schulanlage Rüegsauschachen | 4 | 12 % |
| Other zones (11) | 17 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’306 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 109 %. The median is 65 % and the mean 137 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %45 %
- 50 % to below 100 %25 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’306 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.48. The median is 0.15 and the mean 0.29.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5077 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0018 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 791 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.6 m and 12.1 m. The median is 10.3 m and the mean 10.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m17 %
- 8 m to below 12 m58 %
- 12 m to below 20 m26 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 527 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 359 %
- 3 to below 535 %
- 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 | 1’327 | 148 % |
| Last 60 years | 502 | 181 % |
| Last 40 years | 370 | 171 % |
| Last 20 years | 151 | 166 % |
| Last 15 years | 95 | 188 % |
| Last 10 years | 41 | 225 % |
| Last 5 years | 21 | 149 % |
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).