Galgenen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Schwyz · FSO no. 1342 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’541
3 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 24
- Median utilization
- 77 %
Canton: 62 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.46
Canton: 0.37
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.9 m
Canton: 10.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.6
Switzerland: 2.3
About Galgenen
Galgenen is a municipality in the canton of Schwyz. The parcel data lists 1’541 parcels in 24 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 Geschosse (615), Landwirtschaftszone (352) and Wohnzone 3 Geschosse (182).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 77 %; half of the parcels lie between 30 % and 115 %. The canton median is 62 %, so Galgenen sits above it.
The median building height is 9.9 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.46. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 146 % (291 parcels), lower than the 168 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse | 615 | 82 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 352 | 62 % |
| Wohnzone 3 Geschosse | 182 | 80 % |
| Kernzone | 106 | 76 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 4 Geschosse | 57 | 99 % |
| Wald | 52 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 Geschosse | 44 | 93 % |
| Gewerbezone | 23 | 39 % |
| Wohnzone 4 Geschosse | 21 | 84 % |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 15 | 0 % |
| Verkehrsfläche innerhalb Bauzone | 12 | 0 % |
| Verkehrsfläche ausserhalb Bauzone | 9 | 0 % |
| Other zones (12) | 53 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’512 parcels with a value, half lie between 30 % and 115 %. The median is 77 % and the mean 148 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %31 %
- 50 % to below 100 %36 %
- 100 % to below 150 %19 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’511 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.08 and 0.71. The median is 0.46 and the mean 0.48.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5055 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0034 %
- 1.00 to below 1.508 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 1’179 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.5 m and 11.4 m. The median is 9.9 m and the mean 10.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m17 %
- 8 m to below 12 m67 %
- 12 m to below 20 m16 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 877 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 346 %
- 3 to below 545 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 1’541 | 168 % |
| Last 60 years | 893 | 140 % |
| Last 40 years | 617 | 146 % |
| Last 20 years | 291 | 146 % |
| Last 15 years | 182 | 160 % |
| Last 10 years | 62 | 220 % |
| Last 5 years | 31 | 233 % |
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).