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Meinier: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Geneva · FSO no. 6629 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
877

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
7
Median utilization
8 %

Canton: 49 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.07

Canton: 0.23

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.1 m

Canton: 9.3 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.3

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Meinier

Meinier is a municipality in the canton of Geneva. The parcel data lists 877 parcels in 7 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole (612), Zone de développement 4B protégée (180) and Zone de hameaux (29).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 79 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Meinier sits below it.

The median building height is 9.1 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 121 % (58 parcels), higher than the 97 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone agricole6120 %
Zone de développement 4B protégée18077 %
Zone de hameaux29103 %
Zone de développement 52880 %
Zone de développement industriel et artisanal1833 %
Zone des bois et forêts70 %
Zone sportive3100 %

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 866 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 79 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 83 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %68 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %12 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %7 %
  • 150 % and above13 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 866 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.28. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.27.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5081 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0010 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above4 %

Building height

Of the 343 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.3 m and 11.0 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.1 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m31 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m54 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m14 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 255 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.3.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 222 %
  • 2 to below 336 %
  • 3 to below 540 %
  • 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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years87797 %
Last 60 years200135 %
Last 40 years126110 %
Last 20 years58121 %
Last 15 years39127 %
Last 10 years19130 %
Last 5 years569 %

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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).