Münchenstein: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2769 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’502
3 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 55
- Median utilization
- 86 %
Canton: 41 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.47
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.5 m
Canton: 9.6 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.1
Switzerland: 2.3
About Münchenstein
Münchenstein is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. The parcel data lists 3’502 parcels in 55 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone, 2-geschossig, a (1’688), Wohnzone, 1-geschossig, a (285) and Strasse innerhalb ZPS (268).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 86 %; half of the parcels lie between 24 % and 121 %. The canton median is 41 %, so Münchenstein sits above it.
The median building height is 9.5 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.47. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 107 % (294 parcels), higher than the 99 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone, 2-geschossig, a | 1’688 | 97 % |
| Wohnzone, 1-geschossig, a | 285 | 87 % |
| Strasse innerhalb ZPS | 268 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone, 1-geschossig, b | 193 | 86 % |
| Wohnzone, 3-geschossig | 132 | 103 % |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone, 3-geschossig, wenig störend | 96 | 76 % |
| Kernzone | 82 | 153 % |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone, 4-geschossig, mässig störend | 79 | 113 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 70 | 0 % |
| Zentrumszone, 3-geschossig, b(Gstad) | 69 | 120 % |
| Wohnzonen | 68 | 80 % |
| Wald | 63 | 0 % |
| Other zones (43) | 409 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’443 parcels with a value, half lie between 24 % and 121 %. The median is 86 % and the mean 88 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %28 %
- 50 % to below 100 %34 %
- 100 % to below 150 %26 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’443 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.10 and 0.69. The median is 0.47 and the mean 0.50.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5055 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0035 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 2’537 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.2 m and 11.3 m. The median is 9.5 m and the mean 9.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m22 %
- 8 m to below 12 m61 %
- 12 m to below 20 m16 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’424 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.9. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 222 %
- 2 to below 342 %
- 3 to below 534 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 3’502 | 99 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’290 | 126 % |
| Last 40 years | 747 | 108 % |
| Last 20 years | 294 | 107 % |
| Last 15 years | 196 | 107 % |
| Last 10 years | 131 | 107 % |
| Last 5 years | 73 | 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).