Schangnau: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 906 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 754
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 9
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.06
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.8 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Schangnau
Schangnau is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 754 parcels in 9 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (492), Übriges Gebiet (190) and Wohn- und Gewerbzone (55).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 111 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Schangnau sits below it.
The median building height is 10.8 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 247 % (68 parcels), lower than the 331 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 492 | 24 % |
| Übriges Gebiet | 190 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbzone | 55 | 111 % |
| Gewerbezone | 7 | 23 % |
| ZöN2 | 4 | 44 % |
| Hotelzone | 2 | 50 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone Vorder Leu | 2 | 100 % |
| ZöN1 | 1 | 100 % |
| ZöN3 | 1 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 742 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 111 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 288 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %65 %
- 50 % to below 100 %8 %
- 100 % to below 150 %6 %
- 150 % and above21 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 742 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.10. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.13.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5089 %
- 0.50 to below 1.008 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 384 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.9 m and 12.6 m. The median is 10.8 m and the mean 10.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m15 %
- 8 m to below 12 m53 %
- 12 m to below 20 m31 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 192 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.6. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 214 %
- 2 to below 357 %
- 3 to below 529 %
- 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 | 754 | 331 % |
| Last 60 years | 220 | 399 % |
| Last 40 years | 159 | 343 % |
| Last 20 years | 68 | 247 % |
| Last 15 years | 48 | 259 % |
| Last 10 years | 29 | 215 % |
| Last 5 years | 13 | 178 % |
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).