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Hermenches: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5673 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
373

< 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
1.9

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Hermenches

Hermenches is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 373 parcels in 11 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole 16 LAT (153), Aire forestière 18 LAT (104) and Zone centrale 15 LAT - B (45).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 54 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Hermenches sits below it.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone agricole 16 LAT1530 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT1040 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT - B45105 %
Zone de desserte 18 LAT210 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT - A19118 %
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT1672 %
Zone des eaux 17 LAT50 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT40 %
Zone de verdure 15 LAT - C3123 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT20 %
Zone de verdure 15 LAT - B10 %

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 365 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 54 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 50 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %74 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %10 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %7 %
  • 150 % and above9 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 365 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.10. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.10.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5094 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.005 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.501 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 78 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.3 and 2.3. The median is 1.9 and the mean 1.8.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 229 %
  • 2 to below 356 %
  • 3 to below 514 %
  • 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 years37358 %
Last 60 years65124 %
Last 40 years52102 %
Last 20 years20118 %
Last 15 years16125 %
Last 10 years794 %
Last 5 years297 %

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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).