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Surses: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3543 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
7’603

3 % of the canton

Municipal zones
66
Median utilization
7 %

Canton: 8 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.07

Canton: 0.08

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
8.8 m

Canton: 9.2 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.3

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Surses

Surses is a municipality in the canton of Graubünden. The parcel data lists 7’603 parcels in 66 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (3’846), Übriges Gemeindegebiet (573) and Dorfzone (528).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 60 %. The canton median is 8 %, so Surses sits below it.

The median building height is 8.8 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 107 % (240 parcels), higher than the 73 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone3’8460 %
Übriges Gemeindegebiet5730 %
Dorfzone528109 %
Wohnzone 243772 %
Forstwirtschaftszone2530 %
Zone übriges Gemeindegebiet2420 %
Dorfkernzone21875 %
Wohnzone 316864 %
Erhaltungszone141382 %
Kernzone134109 %
Wohnzone 112894 %
Wald1220 %
Other zones (54)813-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 7’520 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 60 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 66 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %73 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %9 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %8 %
  • 150 % and above10 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 7’519 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.28. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.23.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5082 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.009 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above3 %

Building height

Of the 2’601 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.9 m and 11.1 m. The median is 8.8 m and the mean 9.1 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m40 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m44 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m16 %
  • 20 m and above< 1 %

Number of floors

Of the 1’834 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.5.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 28 %
  • 2 to below 351 %
  • 3 to below 539 %
  • 5 and above2 %

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 years7’60373 %
Last 60 years884152 %
Last 40 years598143 %
Last 20 years240107 %
Last 15 years159106 %
Last 10 years77111 %
Last 5 years42118 %

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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).