Gals
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 494
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
For Gals (BE), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 287 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 8.9 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 13.4 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
- 18.8 m
Canton: 221.3 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 287
0.1% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 0
0% of measured parcels
About Gals
Gals is a municipality in the canton of Bern. For Gals, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 287 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 8.9 m, on three quarters at most 10.7 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 13.4 m.
For Gals, the median building height, 8.9 m, is close to the canton median of 9.4 m. The tallest building measures 18.8 m. 6 parcels have a building of 15 m or taller.
The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 4. By median building height, Gals ranks 168th of 262 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 287 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.
| Figure | Here | Canton | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|
| P25 (lower quartile) | 7.5 m | 7.8 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 8.9 m | 9.4 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 10.7 m | 11.5 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 13.4 m | 16.0 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 18.8 m | 221.3 m | 221.3 m |
Parcels by building height
Floors
The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 196 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 4.
Parcels by number of floors
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 18.8 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 6 | 2.1% |
| 25 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 30 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 50 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for Gals
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Gals. 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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