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Prangins: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5725 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
997

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
19
Median utilization
60 %

Canton: 9 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.22

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
-

Canton: -

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.3

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Prangins

Prangins is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 997 parcels in 19 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT (508), Zone centrale 15 LAT (114) and Zone agricole 16 LAT (113).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 60 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 95 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Prangins sits above it.

Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 129 % (141 parcels), higher than the 79 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT50872 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT11470 %
Zone agricole 16 LAT1130 %
Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT7991 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT560 %
Zone de verdure 15 LAT2722 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT250 %
Zone d'aérodrome 15 LAT150 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT147 %
Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT148 %
Zone d'habitation de moyenne densité 15 LAT1199 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT - Zone du Château440 %
Other zones (7)17-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 976 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 95 %. The median is 60 % and the mean 73 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %44 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %34 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %15 %
  • 150 % and above7 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 976 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.40. The median is 0.22 and the mean 0.34.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5082 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.009 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.506 %
  • 1.50 and above3 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 509 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 29 %
  • 2 to below 349 %
  • 3 to below 542 %
  • 5 and above< 1 %

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 years99779 %
Last 60 years527102 %
Last 40 years331118 %
Last 20 years141129 %
Last 15 years88134 %
Last 10 years55154 %
Last 5 years18110 %

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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).