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Wald (AR)

Municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden · FSO no. 3036

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

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For Wald (AR), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 424 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.9 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 13.9 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
9.9 m
Canton: 10.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
3

Canton: 3

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
30 m

Canton: 72.3 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
424

2.4% of the canton

25 m or taller
1

0.2% of measured parcels

About Wald (AR)

Wald (AR) is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. For Wald (AR), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 424 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.9 m, on three quarters at most 11.3 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 13.9 m.

For Wald (AR), the median building height, 9.9 m, is close to the canton median of 10.2 m. The tallest building measures 30 m. One parcel has a building of 25 m or taller.

The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 5. By median building height, Wald (AR) ranks 19th of 20 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 424 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereCantonSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)8.1 m8.8 m7.8 m
P50 (median)9.9 m10.2 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)11.3 m11.8 m11.5 m
P9513.9 m15.3 m16.6 m
Tallest building30.0 m72.3 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m2
  • 3-6 m22
  • 6-9 m129
  • 9-12 m202
  • 12-15 m56
  • 15-18 m10
  • 18-21 m1
  • 21-24 m1
  • 24-27 m0
  • 27-30 m1
  • 30 m or taller0

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 299 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 5.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor19
  • 2 floors119
  • 3 floors135
  • 4 floors22
  • 5 floors4
  • 6 floors0
  • 7 floors0
  • 8 or more floors0

Tallest buildings

Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 30 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller133.1%
25 m or taller10.2%
30 m or taller00%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Wald (AR)

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Wald (AR). Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.

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