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Bofflens: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5747 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
316

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
9
Median utilization
7 %

Canton: 9 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.07

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
-

Canton: -

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.1

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Bofflens

Bofflens is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 316 parcels in 9 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole 16 LAT (144), Zone centrale 15 LAT (78) and Aire forestière 18 LAT (38).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 25 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Bofflens sits below it.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone agricole 16 LAT1440 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT78127 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT380 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT310 %
Zone d'extraction et de dépôt de matériaux 18 LAT140 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT30 %
Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT320 %
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT30 %
Zone ferroviaire 15 LAT20 %

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 310 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 25 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 43 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %78 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %6 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %5 %
  • 150 % and above11 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 310 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.10. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.15.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5089 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.007 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.504 %
  • 1.50 and above1 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 49 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.4. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 28 %
  • 2 to below 371 %
  • 3 to below 520 %
  • 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 years31648 %
Last 60 years27128 %
Last 40 years1898 %
Last 20 years1296 %
Last 15 years1296 %
Last 10 years783 %
Last 5 years586 %

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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).