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Safiental: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3672 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
2’323

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
22
Median utilization
8 %

Canton: 8 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.07

Canton: 0.08

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
8.6 m

Canton: 9.2 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.2

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Safiental

Safiental is a municipality in the canton of Graubünden. The parcel data lists 2’323 parcels in 22 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (1’350), Forstwirtschaftszone (264) and Dorfzone 1 (132).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 90 %. The canton median is 8 %, close to the level of Safiental.

The median building height is 8.6 m at 2.2 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 % (65 parcels), higher than the 88 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone1’3503 %
Forstwirtschaftszone2640 %
Dorfzone 1132152 %
Dorfzone 2117125 %
Dorfzone95104 %
Wald780 %
Dorferweiterungszone6190 %
Wald (generelle, unverbindliche Ausscheidung)390 %
Übriges Gemeindegebiet250 %
Uebriges Gemeindegebiet240 %
Wohnzone 22096 %
Zone übriges Gemeindegbebiet190 %
Other zones (10)99-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 2’293 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 90 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 81 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %70 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %6 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %6 %
  • 150 % and above18 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 2’293 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.23. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.21.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5085 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.009 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.503 %
  • 1.50 and above2 %

Building height

Of the 1’228 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.9 m and 9.9 m. The median is 8.6 m and the mean 8.6 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m39 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m53 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m8 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 591 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 212 %
  • 2 to below 357 %
  • 3 to below 531 %
  • 5 and above< 1 %

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 years2’32388 %
Last 60 years183147 %
Last 40 years131136 %
Last 20 years65121 %
Last 15 years52104 %
Last 10 years40103 %
Last 5 years2275 %

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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).