Schwarzenburg: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 855 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 5’304
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 39
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.9 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Schwarzenburg
Schwarzenburg is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 5’304 parcels in 39 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (2’318), übriges Gebiet (1’553) and Wohnzone W2 (627).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 73 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Schwarzenburg sits below it.
The median building height is 9.9 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 149 % (314 parcels), higher than the 62 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ | 2’318 | 0 % |
| übriges Gebiet | 1’553 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 627 | 88 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone 2-geschossig WA2 | 194 | 137 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 130 | 90 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone 3-geschossig WA3 | 126 | 70 % |
| Wohnzone W1 | 86 | 110 % |
| Erhaltungszone ErhZ | 65 | 163 % |
| Kernzone K | 52 | 65 % |
| Arbeitszone A3 | 30 | 76 % |
| Weilerzone WeZ | 18 | 74 % |
| Arbeitszone A2 | 14 | 68 % |
| Other zones (27) | 91 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 5’249 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 73 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 58 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %70 %
- 50 % to below 100 %10 %
- 100 % to below 150 %8 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 5’249 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.24. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.18.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5086 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0011 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 2’022 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 11.5 m. The median is 9.9 m and the mean 9.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m23 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m17 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’212 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.7. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 359 %
- 3 to below 530 %
- 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 | 5’304 | 62 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’330 | 143 % |
| Last 40 years | 888 | 143 % |
| Last 20 years | 314 | 149 % |
| Last 15 years | 230 | 156 % |
| Last 10 years | 100 | 145 % |
| Last 5 years | 32 | 152 % |
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).