Saanen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 843 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 5’585
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 135
- Median utilization
- 19 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.0 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Saanen
Saanen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 5’585 parcels in 135 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are LWZ uebriges Gebiet (3’194), Wohnzone W3a (797) and Wohnzone W3b (365).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 19 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 96 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Saanen sits below it.
The median building height is 9.0 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 137 % (537 parcels), higher than the 87 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| LWZ uebriges Gebiet | 3’194 | 2 % |
| Wohnzone W3a | 797 | 73 % |
| Wohnzone W3b | 365 | 81 % |
| Erhaltungszone | 196 | 62 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 128 | 65 % |
| Kernzone K | 95 | 66 % |
| Dorfkernzone DK1 | 78 | 61 % |
| Wohnzone W3a 70% | 66 | 63 % |
| Dorfkernzone DK9 | 63 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 54 | 97 % |
| Zone für Skipisten und Loipen | 54 | 18 % |
| Hotelzone | 41 | 39 % |
| Other zones (123) | 454 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 5’472 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 96 %. The median is 19 % and the mean 79 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %60 %
- 50 % to below 100 %17 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above13 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 5’472 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.41. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.27.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5081 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0013 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 3’501 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.9 m and 10.2 m. The median is 9.0 m and the mean 9.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m26 %
- 8 m to below 12 m67 %
- 12 m to below 20 m8 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’328 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 214 %
- 2 to below 334 %
- 3 to below 552 %
- 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 | 5’585 | 87 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’677 | 173 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’091 | 174 % |
| Last 20 years | 537 | 137 % |
| Last 15 years | 403 | 142 % |
| Last 10 years | 275 | 137 % |
| Last 5 years | 143 | 128 % |
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).