Sachseln: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Obwalden · FSO no. 1406 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’111
12 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 27
- Median utilization
- 35 %
Canton: 42 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.10
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- -
Canton: -
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Sachseln
Sachseln is a municipality in the canton of Obwalden. The parcel data lists 2’111 parcels in 27 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (590), Wohnzone 2 Geschosse (253) and Wohnzone 2-3 Geschosse (242).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 35 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 99 %. The canton median is 42 %, so Sachseln sits below it.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 147 % (277 parcels), lower than the 250 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 590 | 14 % |
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse | 253 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone 2-3 Geschosse | 242 | 83 % |
| Wald | 144 | 0 % |
| Verkehrszone innerhalb Bauzone | 100 | 0 % |
| Dorfkernzone II | 97 | 69 % |
| Grünzone | 84 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 3-4 Geschosse | 71 | 65 % |
| Landhauszone | 62 | 72 % |
| Wohn-und Gewerbezone 3-4 Geschosse | 57 | 62 % |
| Naturschutzzone Hanenried | 56 | 0 % |
| Alpwirtschaftszone | 54 | 62 % |
| Other zones (15) | 301 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’084 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 99 %. The median is 35 % and the mean 181 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %55 %
- 50 % to below 100 %21 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’083 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.50. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.30.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0019 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 852 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.3. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 336 %
- 3 to below 553 %
- 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 | 2’111 | 250 % |
| Last 60 years | 858 | 256 % |
| Last 40 years | 588 | 155 % |
| Last 20 years | 277 | 147 % |
| Last 15 years | 174 | 169 % |
| Last 10 years | 107 | 184 % |
| Last 5 years | 41 | 130 % |
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).