Bellevue: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Geneva · FSO no. 6606 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’025
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 10
- Median utilization
- 69 %
Canton: 49 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.28
Canton: 0.23
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.2 m
Canton: 9.3 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Bellevue
Bellevue is a municipality in the canton of Geneva. The parcel data lists 1’025 parcels in 10 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone de développement 5 (640), Zone agricole (160) and Zone de développement 3 (102).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 69 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 133 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Bellevue sits above it.
The median building height is 8.2 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.28. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 150 % (167 parcels), higher than the 110 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone de développement 5 | 640 | 91 % |
| Zone agricole | 160 | 0 % |
| Zone de développement 3 | 102 | 18 % |
| Zone de développement 4B protégée | 36 | 99 % |
| Zone des bois et forêts | 34 | 0 % |
| Zone de développement industriel et artisanal | 21 | 0 % |
| Zone ferroviaire | 15 | 0 % |
| Zone sportive | 8 | 4 % |
| Zone de verdure | 6 | 0 % |
| Zone des eaux et des rives | 3 | 0 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’013 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 133 %. The median is 69 % and the mean 102 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %42 %
- 50 % to below 100 %21 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above20 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’013 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.59. The median is 0.28 and the mean 0.37.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5069 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0026 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 671 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.7 m and 9.5 m. The median is 8.2 m and the mean 8.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m46 %
- 8 m to below 12 m48 %
- 12 m to below 20 m7 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 569 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 217 %
- 2 to below 341 %
- 3 to below 541 %
- 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 | 1’025 | 110 % |
| Last 60 years | 578 | 150 % |
| Last 40 years | 413 | 156 % |
| Last 20 years | 167 | 150 % |
| Last 15 years | 113 | 133 % |
| Last 10 years | 66 | 162 % |
| Last 5 years | 19 | 245 % |
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).