Vernier: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Geneva · FSO no. 6643 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’327
5 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 11
- Median utilization
- 56 %
Canton: 49 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.28
Canton: 0.23
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.6 m
Canton: 9.3 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Vernier
Vernier is a municipality in the canton of Geneva. The parcel data lists 3’327 parcels in 11 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone de développement 5 (1’658), Zone de développement 3 (751) and Zone de développement industriel et artisanal (430).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 56 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 116 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Vernier sits above it.
The median building height is 8.6 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.28. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 116 % (563 parcels), close to the 118 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone de développement 5 | 1’658 | 63 % |
| Zone de développement 3 | 751 | 69 % |
| Zone de développement industriel et artisanal | 430 | 7 % |
| Zone de développement 4B protégée | 233 | 85 % |
| Zone agricole | 80 | 0 % |
| Zone de protection de la nature et du paysage | 62 | 51 % |
| Zone de verdure | 52 | 0 % |
| Zone des bois et forêts | 27 | 0 % |
| Zone des eaux et des rives | 13 | 0 % |
| Zone ferroviaire | 11 | 0 % |
| Zone sportive | 10 | 1 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’302 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 116 %. The median is 56 % and the mean 103 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %46 %
- 50 % to below 100 %24 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above19 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’302 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.08 and 0.68. The median is 0.28 and the mean 1.20.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5068 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0013 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above15 %
Building height
Of the 2’379 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.0 m and 11.4 m. The median is 8.6 m and the mean 11.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m42 %
- 8 m to below 12 m36 %
- 12 m to below 20 m11 %
- 20 m and above12 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’957 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.5 and 3.1. The median is 2.1 and the mean 3.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 223 %
- 2 to below 342 %
- 3 to below 520 %
- 5 and above14 %
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 | 3’327 | 118 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’439 | 123 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’153 | 117 % |
| Last 20 years | 563 | 116 % |
| Last 15 years | 323 | 120 % |
| Last 10 years | 198 | 131 % |
| Last 5 years | 94 | 149 % |
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).