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Bercher: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5512 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
621

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
15
Median utilization
10 %

Canton: 9 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.09

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
-

Canton: -

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.4

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Bercher

Bercher is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 621 parcels in 15 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT (171), Aire forestière 18 LAT (117) and Zone agricole 16 LAT (115).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 83 %. The canton median is 9 %, close to the level of Bercher.

Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 100 % (78 parcels), higher than the 52 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT17161 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT1170 %
Zone agricole 16 LAT1150 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT111111 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT370 %
Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT19103 %
Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT15100 %
Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT100 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT773 %
Zone de verdure 15 LAT40 %
Zone des eaux 17 LAT40 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 18 LAT352 %
Other zones (3)8-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 607 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 83 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 49 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %63 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %18 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %11 %
  • 150 % and above8 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 607 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.33. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.19.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5088 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0010 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.

Number of floors

Of the 220 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.0. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.4.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 27 %
  • 2 to below 348 %
  • 3 to below 545 %
  • 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 years62152 %
Last 60 years20684 %
Last 40 years15692 %
Last 20 years78100 %
Last 15 years49100 %
Last 10 years33111 %
Last 5 years16100 %

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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).