Urtenen-Schönbühl: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 551 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’483
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 17
- Median utilization
- 44 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.22
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.7 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Urtenen-Schönbühl
Urtenen-Schönbühl is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’483 parcels in 17 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (349), Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (333) and Wohnzone W3 (173).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 44 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 95 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Urtenen-Schönbühl sits above it.
The median building height is 9.7 m at 2.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.22. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 140 % (140 parcels), higher than the 79 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 | 349 | 76 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ | 333 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 173 | 87 % |
| übriges Gebiet | 154 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG 3 | 107 | 94 % |
| Ländliche Dorfzone LDZ | 69 | 87 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG 2 | 69 | 62 % |
| Wohnzone W4 | 65 | 92 % |
| Arbeitszone ArbZ 2 | 34 | 27 % |
| Arbeitszone ArbZ 1 | 30 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W1 | 25 | 93 % |
| Grünzone GrZ | 20 | 0 % |
| Other zones (5) | 55 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’464 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 95 %. The median is 44 % and the mean 68 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %52 %
- 50 % to below 100 %26 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’464 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.59. The median is 0.22 and the mean 0.40.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5069 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0022 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 767 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 12.1 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 10.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m25 %
- 8 m to below 12 m49 %
- 12 m to below 20 m25 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 623 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.3. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 341 %
- 3 to below 553 %
- 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 | 1’483 | 79 % |
| Last 60 years | 631 | 139 % |
| Last 40 years | 322 | 149 % |
| Last 20 years | 140 | 140 % |
| Last 15 years | 91 | 159 % |
| Last 10 years | 48 | 214 % |
| Last 5 years | 24 | 257 % |
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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).