Murgenthal: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4279 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’811
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 18
- Median utilization
- 45 %
Canton: 35 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.12
Canton: 0.13
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 9.3 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.2
Switzerland: 2.3
About Murgenthal
Murgenthal is a municipality in the canton of Aargau. The parcel data lists 1’811 parcels in 18 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (675), Wohnzone 2 Geschosse (604) and Wohnzone 3 Geschosse (114).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 45 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 99 %. The canton median is 35 %, so Murgenthal sits above it.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.12. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 108 % (224 parcels), higher than the 65 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 675 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse | 604 | 82 % |
| Wohnzone 3 Geschosse | 114 | 82 % |
| Wohnarbeitszone 3 Geschosse | 113 | 85 % |
| Wald | 108 | 0 % |
| Zentrumszone | 55 | 96 % |
| Gewässer | 30 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 26 | 0 % |
| Kantonsstrasse | 23 | 0 % |
| Wohnarbeitszone Alte Bernstrasse | 18 | 94 % |
| Gewerbezone | 15 | 52 % |
| Gewerbezone Schlossacker | 8 | 18 % |
| Other zones (6) | 22 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’788 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 99 %. The median is 45 % and the mean 61 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %51 %
- 50 % to below 100 %24 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’788 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.42. The median is 0.12 and the mean 0.25.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5083 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0014 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 966 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m25 %
- 8 m to below 12 m63 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 677 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.5. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 365 %
- 3 to below 523 %
- 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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 1’811 | 65 % |
| Last 60 years | 716 | 104 % |
| Last 40 years | 499 | 103 % |
| Last 20 years | 224 | 108 % |
| Last 15 years | 148 | 111 % |
| Last 10 years | 101 | 113 % |
| Last 5 years | 54 | 115 % |
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).