Canton of Jura: observed built density
Canton · 49 municipalities with parcel data · Parcel data as of July 2025
The parcel data covers only part of the land in the canton of Jura, so figures here may be incomplete.
- Parcels
- 30’250
1 % of Switzerland
- Municipal zones
- 1’430
- Median utilization
- 87 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.31
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- -
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Switzerland: 2.3
About Canton of Jura
The parcel data covers 49 municipalities of the canton of Jura: 30’250 parcels in 1’430 municipal zone records. The municipalities with the most parcels are Delémont, Haute-Sorne and Porrentruy.
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 87 %; half of the parcels lie between 27 % and 130 %. The Swiss median is 10 %, so Jura sits above it.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 109 % (4’617 parcels), lower than the 138 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| 6711 Zone d'habitation HAa | 1’066 | 97 % |
| 6800 Zone d'habitation HA | 865 | 95 % |
| 6701 Zone d'habitation HA | 617 | 93 % |
| 6709 Zone d'habitation HA | 552 | 96 % |
| 6708 Zone d'habitation HA | 495 | 95 % |
| 6711 Zone d'habitation HAb | 413 | 91 % |
| 6707 Zone d'habitation HA | 369 | 91 % |
| 6784 Zone centre CAb | 362 | - |
| 6710 Zone d'habitation HA | 345 | 85 % |
| 6800 Zone centre CA | 330 | 653 % |
| 6774 Zone d'habitation HA | 295 | 89 % |
| 6727 Zone d'habitation HA | 294 | 100 % |
| Other zones (1’414) | 24’247 | - |
Zone labels are municipal spellings, so one zone type can appear under several names.
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 28’849 parcels with a value, half lie between 27 % and 130 %. The median is 87 % and the mean 108 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %31 %
- 50 % to below 100 %27 %
- 100 % to below 150 %23 %
- 150 % and above18 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 28’827 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.10 and 0.50. The median is 0.31 and the mean 0.44.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 15’822 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 355 %
- 3 to below 533 %
- 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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 30’247 | 138 % |
| Last 60 years | 13’526 | 126 % |
| Last 40 years | 9’768 | 127 % |
| Last 20 years | 4’617 | 109 % |
| Last 15 years | 3’341 | 112 % |
| Last 10 years | 2’167 | 114 % |
| Last 5 years | 956 | 120 % |
Municipalities of the canton of Jura
| Name | Parcels | Zones | Median utilization | Median height | Median floors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delémont | 3’274 | 71 | 85 % | - | 2.6 |
| Haute-Sorne | 3’130 | 136 | 83 % | - | 2.2 |
| Porrentruy | 2’432 | 63 | 98 % | - | 2.6 |
| Val Terbi | 1’550 | 81 | 78 % | - | 2.1 |
| Courgenay | 1’366 | 32 | 89 % | - | 2.1 |
| Courrendlin | 1’210 | 68 | 92 % | - | 2.2 |
| Courroux | 1’129 | 35 | 88 % | - | 2.2 |
| Alle | 989 | 36 | 73 % | - | 2.1 |
| Saignelégier | 883 | 56 | 98 % | - | 2.3 |
| Courtételle | 840 | 33 | 80 % | - | 2.2 |
| Fontenais | 801 | 31 | 99 % | - | 2.2 |
| Boncourt | 769 | 24 | 80 % | - | 2.2 |
| Basse-Allaine | 721 | 39 | 83 % | - | 2.2 |
| Clos du Doubs | 716 | 59 | 88 % | - | 2.2 |
| La Baroche | 706 | 59 | 77 % | - | 2.1 |
| Haute-Ajoie | 686 | 41 | 99 % | - | 2.1 |
| Le Noirmont | 685 | 34 | 97 % | - | 2.3 |
| Develier | 627 | 24 | 94 % | - | 2.2 |
| Cornol | 585 | 22 | 89 % | - | 2.1 |
| Les Breuleux | 568 | 30 | 89 % | - | 2.2 |
| Boécourt | 437 | 25 | 84 % | - | 2.1 |
| Courtedoux | 425 | 22 | 77 % | - | 2.1 |
| Les Bois | 398 | 24 | 102 % | - | 2.2 |
| Coeuve | 344 | 9 | 98 % | - | 2.1 |
| Bure | 338 | 19 | 95 % | - | 2.1 |
| Les Genevez (JU) | 335 | 20 | 70 % | - | 2.0 |
| Movelier | 329 | 19 | 66 % | - | 2.0 |
| Lajoux (JU) | 294 | 18 | 86 % | - | 2.1 |
| Grandfontaine | 292 | 13 | 80 % | - | 2.0 |
| Vendlincourt | 292 | 6 | 87 % | - | 2.1 |
| Rossemaison | 290 | 23 | 87 % | - | 2.2 |
| Fahy | 276 | 11 | 82 % | - | 2.1 |
| Soyhières | 265 | 22 | 97 % | - | 2.4 |
| Mervelier | 260 | 16 | 96 % | - | 2.3 |
| Pleigne | 255 | 17 | 103 % | - | 2.1 |
| Montfaucon | 216 | 18 | 88 % | - | 2.1 |
| Châtillon (JU) | 214 | 12 | 86 % | - | 2.1 |
| Courchapoix | 210 | 8 | 59 % | - | 2.2 |
| Muriaux | 180 | 7 | 90 % | - | 2.2 |
| Courchavon | 173 | 18 | 86 % | - | 2.1 |
| Saulcy | 142 | 11 | 88 % | - | 2.1 |
| Saint-Brais | 107 | 8 | 54 % | - | 2.0 |
| Mettembert | 104 | 10 | 48 % | - | 2.3 |
| Ederswiler | 102 | 14 | 48 % | - | 1.9 |
| Soubey | 95 | 3 | 80 % | - | 2.1 |
| Bourrignon | 88 | 11 | 108 % | - | 2.1 |
| Le Bémont (JU) | 61 | 4 | 81 % | - | 2.3 |
| Les Enfers | 61 | 6 | 94 % | - | 2.1 |
| Moutier | 0 | 62 | - | - | - |
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).