Vechigen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 359 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’303
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 19
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.5 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Vechigen
Vechigen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 3’303 parcels in 19 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are LWZ Landwirtschaftszone (1’928), W2 Wohnzone 2-geschossig (916) and W1 Wohnzone 1-geschossig (101).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 95 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Vechigen sits below it.
The median building height is 9.5 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 154 % (243 parcels), higher than the 80 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| LWZ Landwirtschaftszone | 1’928 | 0 % |
| W2 Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 916 | 94 % |
| W1 Wohnzone 1-geschossig | 101 | 77 % |
| WA2 Wohn-Arbeitszone 2-geschossig | 97 | 67 % |
| WZ Weilerzone | 82 | 64 % |
| WA3 Wohn-Arbeitszone 3-geschossig (kant. Zonentyp) | 37 | 37 % |
| FHZ Ferienhauszone | 29 | 59 % |
| W3 Wohnzone 3-geschossig (kant. Zonentyp) | 23 | 108 % |
| D Dorfkernzone | 21 | 119 % |
| ZöN Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 20 | 21 % |
| K Kernzone | 15 | 531 % |
| WA6 Wohn-Arbeitszone 6-geschossig (kant. Zonentyp) | 11 | 7 % |
| Other zones (7) | 23 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’265 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 95 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 75 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %60 %
- 50 % to below 100 %17 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’265 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.44. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.27.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5079 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 1’507 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 11.4 m. The median is 9.5 m and the mean 9.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m24 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m17 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’141 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.5. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 212 %
- 2 to below 362 %
- 3 to below 525 %
- 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 | 3’303 | 80 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’092 | 145 % |
| Last 40 years | 628 | 153 % |
| Last 20 years | 243 | 154 % |
| Last 15 years | 191 | 167 % |
| Last 10 years | 98 | 219 % |
| Last 5 years | 52 | 237 % |
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).