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Trachselwald: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 958 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
832

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
11
Median utilization
9 %

Canton: 32 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.06

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
10.9 m

Canton: 9.5 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.2

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Trachselwald

Trachselwald is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 832 parcels in 11 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (456), übriges Gebiet (252) and Dorfzone (D2) (91).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 100 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Trachselwald sits below it.

The median building height is 10.9 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 212 % (48 parcels), higher than the 160 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone4566 %
übriges Gebiet2520 %
Dorfzone (D2)91104 %
Wohnzone (W2)2284 %
Wohnzone (W1)368 %
ZöN 1 Schule Chramershus2100 %
ZöN 4 Friedhof250 %
ZöN 2 Schule Thal1100 %
ZöN 3 Mehrzweckhalle1100 %
ZöN 5 Kirche1100 %
ZöN 6 Seniorenheim im Häntsche1100 %

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 819 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 100 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 147 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %63 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %12 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %9 %
  • 150 % and above16 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 819 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.10. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.11.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5092 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.006 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.501 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 354 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.9 m and 12.6 m. The median is 10.9 m and the mean 10.6 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m16 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m51 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m32 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 176 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.6. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 28 %
  • 2 to below 364 %
  • 3 to below 528 %
  • 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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years832160 %
Last 60 years196268 %
Last 40 years158245 %
Last 20 years48212 %
Last 15 years28189 %
Last 10 years15196 %
Last 5 years11227 %

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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).