Kesswil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Thurgau · FSO no. 4426 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 654
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 24
- Median utilization
- 61 %
Canton: 24 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.18
Canton: 0.10
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.8 m
Canton: 9.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Kesswil
Kesswil is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau. The parcel data lists 654 parcels in 24 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Dorfzone (117), Wohnzone 1 (111) and Landwirtschaftszone (73).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 61 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 108 %. The canton median is 24 %, so Kesswil sits above it.
The median building height is 8.8 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.18. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 104 % (82 parcels), higher than the 73 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Dorfzone | 117 | 103 % |
| Wohnzone 1 | 111 | 90 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 73 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone | 65 | 84 % |
| Wohnzone 2a | 56 | 88 % |
| Strassenflächen ausserhalb von Bauzonen | 54 | 0 % |
| Strassen und Wege innerhalb von Bauzonen | 51 | 0 % |
| Gewässer | 25 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2b | 25 | 48 % |
| Wald | 18 | 0 % |
| Seeuferschutzzone | 14 | 57 % |
| Freihaltezone | 9 | 100 % |
| Other zones (12) | 36 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 630 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 108 %. The median is 61 % and the mean 68 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %46 %
- 50 % to below 100 %24 %
- 100 % to below 150 %19 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 630 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.43. The median is 0.18 and the mean 0.25.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5081 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 379 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.0 m and 10.7 m. The median is 8.8 m and the mean 8.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m38 %
- 8 m to below 12 m52 %
- 12 m to below 20 m10 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 272 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.5. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 219 %
- 2 to below 357 %
- 3 to below 524 %
- 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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 654 | 73 % |
| Last 60 years | 274 | 114 % |
| Last 40 years | 187 | 117 % |
| Last 20 years | 82 | 104 % |
| Last 15 years | 51 | 103 % |
| Last 10 years | 38 | 108 % |
| Last 5 years | 13 | 97 % |
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).