Veyrier: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Geneva · FSO no. 6645 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’377
5 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 7
- Median utilization
- 72 %
Canton: 49 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.31
Canton: 0.23
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 7.9 m
Canton: 9.3 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Veyrier
Veyrier is a municipality in the canton of Geneva. The parcel data lists 3’377 parcels in 7 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone de développement 5 (2’773), Zone de développement 4B protégée (273) and Zone agricole (171).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 72 %; half of the parcels lie between 35 % and 104 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Veyrier sits above it.
The median building height is 7.9 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.31. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 115 % (825 parcels), higher than the 84 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone de développement 5 | 2’773 | 74 % |
| Zone de développement 4B protégée | 273 | 87 % |
| Zone agricole | 171 | 0 % |
| Zone des bois et forêts | 72 | 0 % |
| Zone de développement 3 | 71 | 152 % |
| Zone de verdure | 10 | 4 % |
| Zone des eaux et des rives | 7 | 0 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’356 parcels with a value, half lie between 35 % and 104 %. The median is 72 % and the mean 81 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %32 %
- 50 % to below 100 %41 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’356 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.13 and 0.47. The median is 0.31 and the mean 0.41.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5079 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0015 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 2’234 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.8 m and 9.3 m. The median is 7.9 m and the mean 8.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m52 %
- 8 m to below 12 m43 %
- 12 m to below 20 m4 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’148 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.6. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 221 %
- 2 to below 351 %
- 3 to below 527 %
- 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 | 3’377 | 84 % |
| Last 60 years | 2’213 | 102 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’653 | 108 % |
| Last 20 years | 825 | 115 % |
| Last 15 years | 602 | 124 % |
| Last 10 years | 450 | 134 % |
| Last 5 years | 149 | 139 % |
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).