Glarus Nord: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Glarus · FSO no. 1630 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 8’722
35 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 68
- Median utilization
- 66 %
Canton: 69 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.37
Canton: 0.34
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.3 m
Canton: 9.3 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Glarus Nord
Glarus Nord is a municipality in the canton of Glarus. The parcel data lists 8’722 parcels in 68 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Dorfkernzone (1’346), Landwirtschaftszone (1’165) and Wohnzone 2 (763).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 66 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 114 %. The canton median is 69 %, close to the level of Glarus Nord.
The median building height is 9.3 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.37. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 130 % (798 parcels), higher than the 118 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Dorfkernzone | 1’346 | 80 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’165 | 4 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 763 | 90 % |
| Kernzone | 475 | 75 % |
| Wald | 451 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone (mit kleinem Bonus) | 392 | 82 % |
| Wohnzone mit kleinem Bonus | 370 | 95 % |
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse | 329 | 98 % |
| Landwirtschafts- und Alpwirtschaftszone | 306 | 4 % |
| Dorfzone | 301 | 103 % |
| Zone übriges Gemeindegebiet (Strasse) | 289 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone mit hohem Bonus | 264 | 72 % |
| Other zones (56) | 2’271 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 8’628 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 114 %. The median is 66 % and the mean 100 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %43 %
- 50 % to below 100 %25 %
- 100 % to below 150 %18 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 8’628 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.72. The median is 0.37 and the mean 0.46.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5060 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0026 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above5 %
Building height
Of the 5’798 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 11.0 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m25 %
- 8 m to below 12 m63 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 4’289 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 349 %
- 3 to below 539 %
- 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 | 8’722 | 118 % |
| Last 60 years | 3’723 | 146 % |
| Last 40 years | 2’780 | 148 % |
| Last 20 years | 798 | 130 % |
| Last 15 years | 521 | 142 % |
| Last 10 years | 351 | 155 % |
| Last 5 years | 148 | 193 % |
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).