Bürglen (TG): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Thurgau · FSO no. 4911 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’659
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 53 %
Canton: 24 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.22
Canton: 0.10
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.8 m
Canton: 9.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Bürglen (TG)
Bürglen (TG) is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau. The parcel data lists 1’659 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W 2a (342), Landwirtschaftszone Lw (219) and Wohn- und Arbeitszone WA 3 (194).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 53 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 101 %. The canton median is 24 %, so Bürglen (TG) sits above it.
The median building height is 9.8 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.22. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 106 % (225 parcels), higher than the 70 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W 2a | 342 | 88 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone Lw | 219 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone WA 3 | 194 | 77 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone WA 2 | 141 | 95 % |
| Strassenflächen innerhalb von Bauzonen | 131 | 0 % |
| Strassenflächen ausserhalb von Bauzonen | 130 | 0 % |
| Wald | 107 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W 3 | 80 | 100 % |
| Landschaftsschutzzone Ls | 63 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone D 2 | 45 | 160 % |
| Kernzone Städtli K 2 | 42 | 98 % |
| Wohnzone W 2b | 38 | 54 % |
| Other zones (16) | 127 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’632 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 101 %. The median is 53 % and the mean 64 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %49 %
- 50 % to below 100 %25 %
- 100 % to below 150 %18 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’632 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.51. The median is 0.22 and the mean 0.30.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0020 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 891 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 11.6 m. The median is 9.8 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m23 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m19 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 728 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 353 %
- 3 to below 535 %
- 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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 1’659 | 70 % |
| Last 60 years | 599 | 123 % |
| Last 40 years | 438 | 112 % |
| Last 20 years | 225 | 106 % |
| Last 15 years | 175 | 111 % |
| Last 10 years | 95 | 118 % |
| Last 5 years | 37 | 115 % |
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).