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Bursins: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5853 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
523

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
16
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
2.8

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Bursins

Bursins is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 523 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone centrale 15 LAT (109), Zone agricole 16 LAT (93) and Zone viticole 16 LAT (73).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 70 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Bursins sits below it.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone centrale 15 LAT10982 %
Zone agricole 16 LAT930 %
Zone viticole 16 LAT730 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT600 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT590 %
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT4779 %
Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT25102 %
Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT120 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT110 %
Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT810 %
Zone des eaux 17 LAT70 %
Zone d'habitation de moyenne densité 15 LAT658 %
Other zones (4)13-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 508 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 70 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 50 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %69 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %16 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %8 %
  • 150 % and above7 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 508 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.30. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.21.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5084 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.009 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.504 %
  • 1.50 and above2 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 114 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.2 and 3.2. The median is 2.8 and the mean 2.7.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 24 %
  • 2 to below 332 %
  • 3 to below 563 %
  • 5 and above2 %

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 years523155 %
Last 60 years117146 %
Last 40 years77103 %
Last 20 years22110 %
Last 15 years15109 %
Last 10 years11107 %
Last 5 years7105 %

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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).