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Begnins: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5704 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
928

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
14
Median utilization
8 %

Canton: 9 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.07

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
-

Canton: -

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.5

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Begnins

Begnins is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 928 parcels in 14 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone viticole 16 LAT (278), Zone agricole 16 LAT (157) and Zone centrale 15 LAT (151).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 45 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Begnins sits below it.

Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 123 % (58 parcels), higher than the 57 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone viticole 16 LAT2780 %
Zone agricole 16 LAT1570 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT15178 %
Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT13438 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT980 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT480 %
Zone d'habitation de moyenne densité 15 LAT2178 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT1414 %
Zone de verdure 15 LAT857 %
Zone des eaux 17 LAT70 %
Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT656 %
Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT30 %
Other zones (2)3-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 914 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 45 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 47 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %76 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %11 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %6 %
  • 150 % and above7 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 914 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.25. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.24.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5083 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.009 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.504 %
  • 1.50 and above4 %

Building height

The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.

Number of floors

Of the 242 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.5.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 28 %
  • 2 to below 343 %
  • 3 to below 550 %
  • 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 years92857 %
Last 60 years219116 %
Last 40 years117117 %
Last 20 years58123 %
Last 15 years43126 %
Last 10 years23134 %
Last 5 years7106 %

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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).