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Biel/Bienne

Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 371

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

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For Biel/Bienne (BE), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 5’949 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 12.8 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 21.4 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
12.8 m
Canton: 9.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
3

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
60.5 m

Canton: 221.3 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
5’949

2.4% of the canton

25 m or taller
120

2% of measured parcels

About Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne is a municipality in the canton of Bern. For Biel/Bienne, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 5’949 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 12.8 m, on three quarters at most 16.1 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 21.4 m.

For Biel/Bienne, the median building height, 12.8 m, is above the canton median of 9.4 m. The tallest building measures 60.5 m. 27 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 19. By median building height, Biel/Bienne ranks 2nd of 262 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 5’949 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)10.2 m7.8 m7.8 m
P50 (median)12.8 m9.4 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)16.1 m11.5 m11.5 m
P9521.4 m16.0 m16.6 m
Tallest building60.5 m221.3 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m38
  • 3-6 m205
  • 6-9 m727
  • 9-12 m1’525
  • 12-15 m1’621
  • 15-18 m898
  • 18-21 m603
  • 21-24 m185
  • 24-27 m78
  • 27-30 m42
  • 30 m or taller27

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 5’689 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 19.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor1’019
  • 2 floors981
  • 3 floors1’726
  • 4 floors1’033
  • 5 floors612
  • 6 floors210
  • 7 floors49
  • 8 or more floors59

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 60.5 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller1’83330.8%
25 m or taller1202%
30 m or taller270.5%
50 m or taller40.1%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Biel/Bienne

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Biel/Bienne. 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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