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Chessel: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5403 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
360

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
11
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
2.3

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Chessel

Chessel is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 360 parcels in 11 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole 16 LAT (112), Zone centrale 15 LAT (94) and Aire forestière 18 LAT (41).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 41 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Chessel sits below it.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone agricole 16 LAT1120 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT9455 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT410 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT390 %
Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT340 %
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT1790 %
Zone des eaux 17 LAT100 %
Zone de tourisme et de loisirs 18 LAT70 %
Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT497 %
Zone de tourisme et de loisirs 15 LAT10 %
Zone de verdure 15 LAT1100 %

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 352 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 41 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 31 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %77 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %9 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %7 %
  • 150 % and above7 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 351 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.16. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.20.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5087 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.006 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above3 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 83 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.3.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 210 %
  • 2 to below 348 %
  • 3 to below 542 %
  • 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 years36035 %
Last 60 years7893 %
Last 40 years6097 %
Last 20 years24113 %
Last 15 years20121 %
Last 10 years14143 %
Last 5 years4114 %

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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).