Thörigen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 989 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 982
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 11
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.9 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Thörigen
Thörigen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 982 parcels in 11 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (461), Wohnzone W2 (zweigeschossig) (166) and übriges Gebiet (131).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 90 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Thörigen sits below it.
The median building height is 8.9 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 102 % (73 parcels), higher than the 49 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ | 461 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2 (zweigeschossig) | 166 | 97 % |
| übriges Gebiet | 131 | 0 % |
| Wohn / Gewerbezone WG2 (zweigeschossig) | 75 | 62 % |
| Wohnzone W1 (eingeschossig) | 62 | 111 % |
| Dorfzone DZ | 45 | 102 % |
| Erhaltungszone EZ | 19 | 139 % |
| Arbeitszone A | 14 | 30 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZöN | 4 | 78 % |
| Bauernhofzone BHF | 3 | 0 % |
| Zone für Sport und Freizeit ZSF | 2 | 50 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 967 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 90 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 45 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %66 %
- 50 % to below 100 %13 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 967 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.34. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.17.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5086 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 353 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.5 m and 10.4 m. The median is 8.9 m and the mean 9.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m31 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m8 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 260 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.4. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 212 %
- 2 to below 367 %
- 3 to below 521 %
- 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 | 982 | 49 % |
| Last 60 years | 270 | 119 % |
| Last 40 years | 177 | 112 % |
| Last 20 years | 73 | 102 % |
| Last 15 years | 49 | 106 % |
| Last 10 years | 25 | 98 % |
| Last 5 years | 5 | 103 % |
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).