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Arch

Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 381

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

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For Arch (BE), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 546 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 8.9 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 13.3 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
8.9 m
Canton: 9.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
2

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
19.7 m

Canton: 221.3 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
546

0.2% of the canton

25 m or taller
0

0% of measured parcels

About Arch

Arch is a municipality in the canton of Bern. For Arch, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 546 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 8.9 m, on three quarters at most 10.5 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 13.3 m.

For Arch, the median building height, 8.9 m, is close to the canton median of 9.4 m. The tallest building measures 19.7 m. 10 parcels have a building of 15 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 5. By median building height, Arch ranks 167th of 262 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 546 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereCantonSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)7.6 m7.8 m7.8 m
P50 (median)8.9 m9.4 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)10.5 m11.5 m11.5 m
P9513.3 m16.0 m16.6 m
Tallest building19.7 m221.3 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m2
  • 3-6 m38
  • 6-9 m242
  • 9-12 m194
  • 12-15 m60
  • 15-18 m8
  • 18-21 m2
  • 21-24 m0
  • 24-27 m0
  • 27-30 m0
  • 30 m or taller0

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 392 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 5.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor42
  • 2 floors269
  • 3 floors77
  • 4 floors2
  • 5 floors2
  • 6 floors0
  • 7 floors0
  • 8 or more floors0

Tallest buildings

Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 19.7 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller101.8%
25 m or taller00%
30 m or taller00%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Arch

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Arch. Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.

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