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Maracon: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5790 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
616

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
10
Median utilization
7 %

Canton: 9 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.06

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
-

Canton: -

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.2

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Maracon

Maracon is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 616 parcels in 10 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole 16 LAT (277), Zone centrale 15 LAT (133) and Aire forestière 18 LAT (111).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 26 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Maracon sits below it.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone agricole 16 LAT2770 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT13368 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT1110 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT340 %
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT2986 %
Zone des eaux 17 LAT90 %
Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT80 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT60 %
Zone agricole protégée 16 LAT60 %
Zone de protection de la nature et du paysage 17 LAT30 %

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 609 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 26 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 37 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %78 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %10 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %6 %
  • 150 % and above6 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 608 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.10. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.07.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5097 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.003 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.50< 1 %
  • 1.50 and above0 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 106 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.7. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 28 %
  • 2 to below 362 %
  • 3 to below 530 %
  • 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 years61646 %
Last 60 years91110 %
Last 40 years65112 %
Last 20 years26107 %
Last 15 years14111 %
Last 10 years7136 %
Last 5 years192 %

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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).