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Birsfelden

Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2766

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

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For Birsfelden (BL), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 939 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 12.5 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 20.1 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
12.5 m
Canton: 9.6 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
3

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
59.6 m

Canton: 81.7 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
939

1.4% of the canton

25 m or taller
22

2.3% of measured parcels

About Birsfelden

Birsfelden is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. For Birsfelden, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 939 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 12.5 m, on three quarters at most 14.7 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 20.1 m.

For Birsfelden, the median building height, 12.5 m, is above the canton median of 9.6 m. The tallest building measures 59.6 m. 18 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 20. By median building height, Birsfelden ranks 1st of 73 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 939 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)10.4 m8.0 m7.8 m
P50 (median)12.5 m9.6 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)14.7 m11.2 m11.5 m
P9520.1 m14.7 m16.6 m
Tallest building59.6 m81.7 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m11
  • 3-6 m18
  • 6-9 m79
  • 9-12 m294
  • 12-15 m323
  • 15-18 m145
  • 18-21 m30
  • 21-24 m13
  • 24-27 m6
  • 27-30 m2
  • 30 m or taller18

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 855 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 20.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor178
  • 2 floors146
  • 3 floors305
  • 4 floors142
  • 5 floors62
  • 6 floors8
  • 7 floors6
  • 8 or more floors8

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 59.6 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller21422.8%
25 m or taller222.3%
30 m or taller181.9%
50 m or taller30.3%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Birsfelden

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Birsfelden. 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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