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Lyss

Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 306

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

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For Lyss (BE), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 2’663 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.6 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 15.3 m or lower.

Key figures

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

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
38.7 m

Canton: 221.3 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
2’663

1.1% of the canton

25 m or taller
10

0.4% of measured parcels

About Lyss

Lyss is a municipality in the canton of Bern. For Lyss, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 2’663 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.6 m, on three quarters at most 11.7 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 15.3 m.

For Lyss, the median building height, 9.6 m, is close to the canton median of 9.4 m. The tallest building measures 38.7 m. 2 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 8. By median building height, Lyss ranks 90th of 262 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 2’663 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)8.2 m7.8 m7.8 m
P50 (median)9.6 m9.4 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)11.7 m11.5 m11.5 m
P9515.3 m16.0 m16.6 m
Tallest building38.7 m221.3 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m22
  • 3-6 m140
  • 6-9 m866
  • 9-12 m1’046
  • 12-15 m430
  • 15-18 m107
  • 18-21 m30
  • 21-24 m10
  • 24-27 m6
  • 27-30 m4
  • 30 m or taller2

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 2’076 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 8.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor121
  • 2 floors887
  • 3 floors734
  • 4 floors275
  • 5 floors39
  • 6 floors12
  • 7 floors3
  • 8 or more floors5

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 38.7 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller1596%
25 m or taller100.4%
30 m or taller20.1%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Lyss

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Lyss. 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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