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Vaulion: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5765 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
727

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
12
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 Vaulion

Vaulion is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 727 parcels in 12 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole 16 LAT (371), Zone centrale 15 LAT (150) and Aire forestière 18 LAT (78).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 44 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Vaulion sits below it.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone agricole 16 LAT3710 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT150139 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT780 %
Zone de protection de la nature et du paysage 17 LAT580 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT280 %
Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT110 %
Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT830 %
Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT829 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT50 %
Zone des eaux 17 LAT50 %
Zone agricole protégée 16 LAT30 %
Zone de sport d'hiver 18 LAT20 %

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 718 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 44 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 70 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %76 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %5 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %4 %
  • 150 % and above15 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 718 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.10. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.18.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5087 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.006 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above2 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 154 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 25 %
  • 2 to below 366 %
  • 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 years72780 %
Last 60 years61146 %
Last 40 years40148 %
Last 20 years16121 %
Last 15 years11126 %
Last 10 years9124 %
Last 5 years7120 %

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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).