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Herdern: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Thurgau · FSO no. 4811 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
1’012

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
16
Median utilization
8 %

Canton: 24 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.07

Canton: 0.10

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
10.2 m

Canton: 9.7 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.2

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Herdern

Herdern is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau. The parcel data lists 1’012 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Strasse Nichtbaugebiet (194), Landwirtschaftszone (158) and Wald und Ufergehölze (133).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 81 %. The canton median is 24 %, so Herdern sits below it.

The median building height is 10.2 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 113 % (121 parcels), higher than the 65 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Strasse Nichtbaugebiet1940 %
Landwirtschaftszone1580 %
Wald und Ufergehölze1330 %
Dorfzone12197 %
Landschaftsschutzzone1170 %
Wohnzone W17379 %
Wohnzone W261102 %
Strasse Baugebiet590 %
Dorfkernzone40125 %
Wohn- und Gewerbezone3473 %
Weilerzone8131 %
Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen632 %
Other zones (4)8-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 996 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 81 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 56 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %66 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %14 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %10 %
  • 150 % and above10 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 996 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.34. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.18.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5085 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.503 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 374 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.7 m. The median is 10.2 m and the mean 10.0 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 276 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.7. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 26 %
  • 2 to below 365 %
  • 3 to below 528 %
  • 5 and above1 %

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 years1’01265 %
Last 60 years285130 %
Last 40 years236131 %
Last 20 years121113 %
Last 15 years89118 %
Last 10 years46125 %
Last 5 years13150 %

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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).