Sonceboz-Sombeval: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 444 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 886
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 14
- Median utilization
- 58 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.25
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Sonceboz-Sombeval
Sonceboz-Sombeval is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 886 parcels in 14 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole, territoire hors-zone (280), Zone d'habitation de deux étages (264) and Zone mixte de deux étages (141).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 58 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 105 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Sonceboz-Sombeval sits above it.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.25. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 107 % (90 parcels), higher than the 72 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole, territoire hors-zone | 280 | 0 % |
| Zone d'habitation de deux étages | 264 | 88 % |
| Zone mixte de deux étages | 141 | 78 % |
| Zone centre village | 84 | 99 % |
| Zone d'habitation de un étage | 51 | 87 % |
| Zone mixte de trois étages | 15 | 97 % |
| Zone d'activités économiques 2 | 12 | 85 % |
| Zone d'habitation de trois étages | 12 | 80 % |
| Zone d'activités économiques 1 | 10 | 45 % |
| Zone de verdure | 9 | 0 % |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics 1 | 3 | 5 % |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics 3 | 3 | 11 % |
| Other zones (2) | 2 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 869 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 105 %. The median is 58 % and the mean 68 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %47 %
- 50 % to below 100 %26 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 869 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.51. The median is 0.25 and the mean 0.32.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5074 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0020 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 523 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.6 m and 11.4 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m30 %
- 8 m to below 12 m51 %
- 12 m to below 20 m19 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 371 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.0. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 546 %
- 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 | 886 | 72 % |
| Last 60 years | 366 | 113 % |
| Last 40 years | 284 | 120 % |
| Last 20 years | 90 | 107 % |
| Last 15 years | 53 | 111 % |
| Last 10 years | 26 | 97 % |
| Last 5 years | 5 | 70 % |
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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).