Canton of Uri: observed built density
Canton · 19 municipalities with parcel data · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 18’414
1 % of Switzerland
- Municipal zones
- 349
- Median utilization
- 58 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.19
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Canton of Uri
The parcel data covers 19 municipalities of the canton of Uri: 18’414 parcels in 349 municipal zone records. The municipalities with the most parcels are Altdorf (UR), Schattdorf and Silenen.
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 58 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 112 %. The Swiss median is 10 %, so Uri sits above it.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.19. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 177 % (2’153 parcels), lower than the 2’100 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels |
|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 5’494 |
| Wohnzone 2 | 3’727 |
| Wald | 1’331 |
| Wohnzone 3 | 1’130 |
| Kernzone 1 | 733 |
| Verkehrsfläche innerhalb Bauzonen | 505 |
| Verkehrsfläche ausserhalb Bauzonen | 488 |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 420 |
| Wohnzone 1 | 399 |
| Reservezone, unproduktiv | 315 |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2 | 300 |
| Kernzone | 250 |
| Other zones (70) | 3’322 |
Zone labels are municipal spellings, so one zone type can appear under several names.
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 18’016 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 112 %. The median is 58 % and the mean 1’746 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %47 %
- 50 % to below 100 %22 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above15 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 18’002 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.64. The median is 0.19 and the mean 0.41.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5066 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0024 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 11’478 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m25 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m14 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 7’503 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 28 %
- 2 to below 346 %
- 3 to below 544 %
- 5 and above3 %
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 | 18’414 | 2’100 % |
| Last 60 years | 7’337 | 328 % |
| Last 40 years | 4’926 | 187 % |
| Last 20 years | 2’153 | 177 % |
| Last 15 years | 1’539 | 190 % |
| Last 10 years | 903 | 171 % |
| Last 5 years | 392 | 171 % |
Municipalities of the canton of Uri
| Name | Parcels | Zones | Median utilization | Median height | Median floors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altdorf (UR) | 2’277 | 26 | 71 % | 9.9 m | 2.6 |
| Schattdorf | 1’810 | 16 | 78 % | 9.2 m | 2.4 |
| Silenen | 1’627 | 21 | 51 % | 8.9 m | 2.2 |
| Bürglen (UR) | 1’609 | 20 | 74 % | 9.6 m | 2.4 |
| Erstfeld | 1’428 | 23 | 76 % | 9.4 m | 2.4 |
| Seedorf (UR) | 1’127 | 20 | 76 % | 9.2 m | 2.3 |
| Andermatt | 1’033 | 28 | 19 % | 10.0 m | 3.1 |
| Wassen | 941 | 16 | 9 % | 8.1 m | 2.2 |
| Gurtnellen | 919 | 16 | 10 % | 8.3 m | 2.0 |
| Seelisberg | 752 | 17 | 25 % | 9.9 m | 2.2 |
| Attinghausen | 736 | 13 | 84 % | 9.4 m | 2.3 |
| Realp | 734 | 11 | 7 % | 7.6 m | 2.4 |
| Spiringen | 648 | 17 | 70 % | 9.4 m | 2.2 |
| Flüelen | 607 | 23 | 73 % | 10.4 m | 2.9 |
| Hospental | 602 | 16 | 7 % | 9.0 m | 2.7 |
| Unterschächen | 558 | 18 | 54 % | 9.1 m | 2.2 |
| Isenthal | 385 | 14 | 60 % | 9.8 m | 2.4 |
| Göschenen | 383 | 17 | 31 % | 9.6 m | 2.5 |
| Sisikon | 238 | 17 | 36 % | 9.7 m | 2.9 |
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).