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Ermatingen: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Thurgau · FSO no. 4646 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
2’019

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
23
Median utilization
12 %

Canton: 24 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.10

Canton: 0.10

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
10.0 m

Canton: 9.7 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.3

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Ermatingen

Ermatingen is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau. The parcel data lists 2’019 parcels in 23 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Dorfkernzone (407), Landschaftsschutzzone (279) and Wohnzone zweigeschossig (271).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 12 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 88 %. The canton median is 24 %, so Ermatingen sits below it.

The median building height is 10.0 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 107 % (266 parcels), higher than the 55 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Dorfkernzone40787 %
Landschaftsschutzzone2790 %
Wohnzone zweigeschossig27174 %
Landwirtschaftszone1450 %
Wohnzone zweigeschossig in Hanglage13878 %
Strasse in Nichtbauzonen1320 %
Strassen in Bauzonen1080 %
Wohnzone dreigeschossig9074 %
Freihaltezone700 %
Wald und Ufergehölze550 %
Wohn- und Gewerbezone dreigeschossig5357 %
Wohnzone zweigeschossig in Hanglage "Berg"5386 %
Other zones (11)218-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 1’995 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 88 %. The median is 12 % and the mean 50 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %58 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %21 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %13 %
  • 150 % and above7 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 1’995 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.55. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.33.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5072 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0018 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.508 %
  • 1.50 and above2 %

Building height

Of the 1’020 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.7 m. The median is 10.0 m and the mean 9.9 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m21 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m59 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m20 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 780 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.3.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 213 %
  • 2 to below 346 %
  • 3 to below 541 %
  • 5 and above0 %

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 years2’01955 %
Last 60 years68896 %
Last 40 years53899 %
Last 20 years266107 %
Last 15 years195115 %
Last 10 years132118 %
Last 5 years37108 %

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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).