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Schönengrund: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden · FSO no. 3003 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
405

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
10
Median utilization
58 %

Canton: 52 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.09

Canton: 0.20

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.8 m

Canton: 10.3 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.5

Canton: 2.7

Switzerland: 2.3

About Schönengrund

Schönengrund is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. The parcel data lists 405 parcels in 10 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (174), Wohnzone (80) and Wald (75).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 58 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 129 %. The canton median is 52 %, so Schönengrund sits above it.

The median building height is 9.8 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone17445 %
Wohnzone8093 %
Wald750 %
Kernzone45135 %
Wohn- und Gewerbezone1378 %
übriges Gemeindegebiet80 %
Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen5125 %
Grünzone nach altem Baugesetz30 %
Gewerbezone1100 %
Gewässer10 %

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 395 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 129 %. The median is 58 % and the mean 341 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %48 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %16 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %15 %
  • 150 % and above21 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 394 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.43. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.24.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5082 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0013 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above0 %

Building height

Of the 226 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.4 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.8 m and the mean 9.7 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m18 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m74 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m8 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 165 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.5.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 24 %
  • 2 to below 345 %
  • 3 to below 550 %
  • 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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years405356 %
Last 60 years113373 %
Last 40 years73380 %
Last 20 years28410 %
Last 15 years21519 %
Last 10 years12568 %
Last 5 years2129 %

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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).