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Morrens (VD): observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5527 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
754

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
13
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 Morrens (VD)

Morrens (VD) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 754 parcels in 13 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole 16 LAT (326), Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT (197) and Aire forestière 18 LAT (74).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 50 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Morrens (VD) sits below it.

Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 103 % (35 parcels), higher than the 33 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone agricole 16 LAT3260 %
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT19760 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT740 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT480 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT4452 %
Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT240 %
Zone de verdure 15 LAT1667 %
Zone d'habitation de moyenne densité 15 LAT823 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT573 %
Zone des eaux 17 LAT50 %
Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT486 %
Zone de protection de la nature et du paysage 17 LAT20 %
Other zones (1)1-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 743 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 50 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 29 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %75 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %16 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %6 %
  • 150 % and above3 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 743 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.15. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.13.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5094 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.004 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.501 %
  • 1.50 and above1 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 213 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.6. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 218 %
  • 2 to below 353 %
  • 3 to below 529 %
  • 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 years75433 %
Last 60 years19884 %
Last 40 years8186 %
Last 20 years35103 %
Last 15 years28109 %
Last 10 years17125 %
Last 5 years6102 %

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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).