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Rolle: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5861 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
902

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
16
Median utilization
64 %

Canton: 9 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.36

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
-

Canton: -

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.6

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Rolle

Rolle is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 902 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT (214), Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT (184) and Zone de verdure 15 LAT (102).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 64 %; half of the parcels lie between 9 % and 115 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Rolle sits above it.

Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 135 % (103 parcels), lower than the 310 % 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 faible densité 15 LAT21464 %
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT18477 %
Zone de verdure 15 LAT1022’178 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT101107 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT800 %
Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT4364 %
Zone agricole 16 LAT420 %
Zone mixte 15 LAT3841 %
Zone d'habitation de moyenne densité 15 LAT3780 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT19194 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT120 %
Zone d'habitation de forte densité 15 LAT100 %
Other zones (4)20-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 888 parcels with a value, half lie between 9 % and 115 %. The median is 64 % and the mean 301 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %44 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %25 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %14 %
  • 150 % and above17 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 888 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.08 and 0.97. The median is 0.36 and the mean 0.67.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5061 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0015 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.5010 %
  • 1.50 and above14 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 510 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.4. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.7.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 29 %
  • 2 to below 336 %
  • 3 to below 551 %
  • 5 and above4 %

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 years902310 %
Last 60 years318160 %
Last 40 years209174 %
Last 20 years103135 %
Last 15 years50155 %
Last 10 years3095 %
Last 5 years2085 %

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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).