Wimmis: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 769 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’399
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 25
- Median utilization
- 47 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.15
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.6 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Wimmis
Wimmis is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’399 parcels in 25 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (617), Wohnzone 2 (327) and Mischzone A (136).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 47 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 107 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Wimmis sits above it.
The median building height is 8.6 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.15. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 131 % (146 parcels), higher than the 91 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 617 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 327 | 80 % |
| Mischzone A | 136 | 107 % |
| Mischzone C, Dorfkernzone | 113 | 68 % |
| Mischzone B, Kernzone | 90 | 77 % |
| Grünzone | 22 | 14 % |
| Wohnzone 1 | 20 | 80 % |
| Abbauzone | 15 | 0 % |
| Arbeitszone a | 13 | 49 % |
| Zone für Sport und Freizeitanlagen | 10 | 1 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 7 | 100 % |
| Arbeitszone b | 6 | 27 % |
| Other zones (13) | 23 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’371 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 107 %. The median is 47 % and the mean 85 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %51 %
- 50 % to below 100 %22 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above15 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’371 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.49. The median is 0.15 and the mean 0.30.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0019 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 864 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.1 m and 9.9 m. The median is 8.6 m and the mean 8.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m39 %
- 8 m to below 12 m55 %
- 12 m to below 20 m6 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 562 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 360 %
- 3 to below 533 %
- 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 | 1’399 | 91 % |
| Last 60 years | 485 | 145 % |
| Last 40 years | 308 | 138 % |
| Last 20 years | 146 | 131 % |
| Last 15 years | 88 | 149 % |
| Last 10 years | 57 | 127 % |
| Last 5 years | 25 | 117 % |
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).