Safnern: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 746 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’099
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 21
- Median utilization
- 59 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.26
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.8 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Safnern
Safnern is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’099 parcels in 21 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (416), Landwirtschaftszone (195) and Dorfzone (155).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 59 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 99 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Safnern sits above it.
The median building height is 8.8 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.26. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 112 % (86 parcels), higher than the 72 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse | 416 | 76 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 195 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone | 155 | 92 % |
| Uebriges Gebiet | 125 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone, 1 Geschoss | 120 | 76 % |
| Industrie- und Gewerbezone | 38 | 82 % |
| Abbau- und Ablagerungszone | 15 | 0 % |
| Bauernhofzone | 11 | 58 % |
| Wohn- u. Gewerbezone | 8 | 74 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZOEN D: Sportanlagen | 3 | 0 % |
| Grünzone | 2 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZOEN E: Abwasserreinigungsanlage | 2 | 50 % |
| Other zones (9) | 9 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’084 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 99 %. The median is 59 % and the mean 66 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %46 %
- 50 % to below 100 %30 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’083 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.47. The median is 0.26 and the mean 0.30.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5078 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 633 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.1 m and 10.4 m. The median is 8.8 m and the mean 8.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m37 %
- 8 m to below 12 m54 %
- 12 m to below 20 m9 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 497 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.4. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 217 %
- 2 to below 361 %
- 3 to below 521 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 1’099 | 72 % |
| Last 60 years | 453 | 109 % |
| Last 40 years | 293 | 112 % |
| Last 20 years | 86 | 112 % |
| Last 15 years | 59 | 117 % |
| Last 10 years | 43 | 112 % |
| Last 5 years | 24 | 120 % |
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).