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Rivaz: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5609 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
271

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
8
Median utilization
8 %

Canton: 9 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.08

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
-

Canton: -

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.6

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Rivaz

Rivaz is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 271 parcels in 8 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone viticole protégée 16 LAT (130), Zone centrale 15 LAT (105) and Zone de desserte 15 LAT (19).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 141 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Rivaz sits below it.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone viticole protégée 16 LAT1300 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT105150 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT190 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT123 %
Zone des eaux 17 LAT20 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT10 %
Zone de verdure 15 LAT10 %
Zone viticole 16 LAT10 %

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 267 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 141 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 94 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %64 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %5 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %7 %
  • 150 % and above24 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 267 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.63. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.44.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5072 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0011 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above12 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 76 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.6.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 29 %
  • 2 to below 336 %
  • 3 to below 555 %
  • 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 years271100 %
Last 60 years21126 %
Last 40 years12110 %
Last 20 years4188 %
Last 15 years3250 %
Last 10 years2100 %
Last 5 years120 %

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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).