Schüpfen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 311 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’575
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.1 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Schüpfen
Schüpfen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’575 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (1’666), Wohnzone B (357) and Wohn- und Gewerbezone (147).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 71 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Schüpfen sits below it.
The median building height is 10.1 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 118 % (168 parcels), higher than the 46 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’666 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone B | 357 | 92 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 147 | 83 % |
| Dorfzone A | 98 | 90 % |
| Wohnzone A | 80 | 108 % |
| Verkehrszone | 74 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone B | 64 | 74 % |
| Gewerbezone | 33 | 104 % |
| Wohnzone C | 14 | 76 % |
| Abbau- und Ablagerungszone | 7 | 0 % |
| Campingplatzzone | 3 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone C | 3 | 52 % |
| Other zones (16) | 29 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’537 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 71 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 42 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %70 %
- 50 % to below 100 %13 %
- 100 % to below 150 %8 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’537 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.31. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.19.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5086 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0010 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 907 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.2 m and 12.1 m. The median is 10.1 m and the mean 10.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m23 %
- 8 m to below 12 m51 %
- 12 m to below 20 m26 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 634 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 352 %
- 3 to below 538 %
- 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 | 2’575 | 46 % |
| Last 60 years | 591 | 126 % |
| Last 40 years | 448 | 137 % |
| Last 20 years | 168 | 118 % |
| Last 15 years | 112 | 120 % |
| Last 10 years | 48 | 113 % |
| Last 5 years | 12 | 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).