Münchwilen (TG): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Thurgau · FSO no. 4746 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’129
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 26
- Median utilization
- 67 %
Canton: 24 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.33
Canton: 0.10
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.3 m
Canton: 9.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Münchwilen (TG)
Münchwilen (TG) is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau. The parcel data lists 2’129 parcels in 26 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W 2b (537), Landwirtschaftszone Lw (265) and Wohnzone W 2a (235).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 67 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 107 %. The canton median is 24 %, so Münchwilen (TG) sits above it.
The median building height is 9.3 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.33. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 110 % (374 parcels), higher than the 72 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W 2b | 537 | 95 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone Lw | 265 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W 2a | 235 | 89 % |
| Verkehrsfläche innerhalb Baugebiet | 139 | 0 % |
| Landschaftsschutzzone Ls | 121 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG3 | 118 | 80 % |
| Verkehrsfläche ausserhalb Baugebiet | 115 | 0 % |
| Dorfkernzone DK | 111 | 89 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG2 | 76 | 100 % |
| Wald | 68 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 59 | 91 % |
| Industriezone | 52 | 94 % |
| Other zones (14) | 233 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’103 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 107 %. The median is 67 % and the mean 68 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %43 %
- 50 % to below 100 %28 %
- 100 % to below 150 %20 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’103 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.55. The median is 0.33 and the mean 0.36.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5071 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0023 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 1’301 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 11.0 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m25 %
- 8 m to below 12 m63 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’074 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 354 %
- 3 to below 534 %
- 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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 2’129 | 72 % |
| Last 60 years | 982 | 109 % |
| Last 40 years | 765 | 113 % |
| Last 20 years | 374 | 110 % |
| Last 15 years | 275 | 115 % |
| Last 10 years | 150 | 119 % |
| Last 5 years | 60 | 115 % |
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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).