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Lavey-Morcles: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5406 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
921

< 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
2.1

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Lavey-Morcles

Lavey-Morcles is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 921 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole 16 LAT (237), Zone centrale 15 LAT (178) and Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT (173).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 88 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Lavey-Morcles sits below it.

Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 115 % (87 parcels), higher than the 73 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone agricole 16 LAT2370 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT17894 %
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT17383 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT1420 %
Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT850 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT350 %
Zone viticole 16 LAT190 %
Zone des eaux 17 LAT130 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT11183 %
Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT11101 %
Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT751 %
Zone militaire 18 LAT4100 %
Other zones (4)6-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 905 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 88 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 63 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %67 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %11 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %9 %
  • 150 % and above13 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 905 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.20. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.16.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5092 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.004 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.503 %
  • 1.50 and above1 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 221 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.7. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 214 %
  • 2 to below 355 %
  • 3 to below 531 %
  • 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 years92173 %
Last 60 years187129 %
Last 40 years133118 %
Last 20 years87115 %
Last 15 years31136 %
Last 10 years17165 %
Last 5 years5177 %

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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).