Wangen an der Aare: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 992 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 980
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 22
- Median utilization
- 66 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.29
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.3 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Wangen an der Aare
Wangen an der Aare is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 980 parcels in 22 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (394), Landwirtschaftszone (170) and Vorstadtzone (106).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 66 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 105 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Wangen an der Aare sits above it.
The median building height is 9.3 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.29. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 121 % (154 parcels), higher than the 81 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse | 394 | 89 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 170 | 0 % |
| Vorstadtzone | 106 | 59 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone, 2 Geschosse | 80 | 95 % |
| Kernzone | 49 | 35 % |
| uebriges Gebiet | 40 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone, 3 Geschosse | 36 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone, 3 Geschosse | 30 | 52 % |
| Industriezone | 27 | 43 % |
| Gewerbezone | 25 | 101 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen | 7 | 34 % |
| Grünzone | 3 | 0 % |
| Other zones (10) | 13 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 962 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 105 %. The median is 66 % and the mean 74 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %43 %
- 50 % to below 100 %29 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 962 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.50. The median is 0.29 and the mean 0.41.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0015 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above6 %
Building height
Of the 626 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.4 m and 11.6 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m32 %
- 8 m to below 12 m47 %
- 12 m to below 20 m21 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 442 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 212 %
- 2 to below 354 %
- 3 to below 534 %
- 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 | 980 | 81 % |
| Last 60 years | 387 | 120 % |
| Last 40 years | 285 | 129 % |
| Last 20 years | 154 | 121 % |
| Last 15 years | 114 | 123 % |
| Last 10 years | 57 | 131 % |
| Last 5 years | 29 | 93 % |
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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).