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Calanca: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3837 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
2’294

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
34
Median utilization
8 %

Canton: 8 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.07

Canton: 0.08

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
7.1 m

Canton: 9.2 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
1.6

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Calanca

Calanca is a municipality in the canton of Graubünden. The parcel data lists 2’294 parcels in 34 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zona agricola (865), Zona forestale (596) and Zona nucleo (148).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 59 %. The canton median is 8 %, close to the level of Calanca.

The median building height is 7.1 m at 1.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 110 % (37 parcels), lower than the 316 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zona agricola8650 %
Zona forestale5960 %
Zona nucleo14863 %
Altro territorio comunale1140 %
Area boschiva950 %
Zona nucleo tradizionale53114 %
Zona di conservazione4968 %
Zona residenziale estensiva4658 %
Nucleo del villaggio3981 %
Zona ampliamento nucleo 2380 %
Zona residenziale a 2 piani3846 %
Zona d'estrazione di materiali360 %
Other zones (22)177-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 2’259 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 59 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 201 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %73 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %9 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %6 %
  • 150 % and above12 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 2’258 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.10. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.11.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5092 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.006 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 739 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.1 m and 8.2 m. The median is 7.1 m and the mean 7.2 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m73 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m26 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m1 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 398 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.1 and 2.1. The median is 1.6 and the mean 1.6.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 244 %
  • 2 to below 349 %
  • 3 to below 57 %
  • 5 and above0 %

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 years2’294316 %
Last 60 years225261 %
Last 40 years130232 %
Last 20 years37110 %
Last 15 years21115 %
Last 10 years12140 %
Last 5 years598 %

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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).