Laufen
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2787
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
For Laufen (BL), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’287 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.8 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 17.3 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 9.8 m
- Canton: 9.6 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2
Canton: 2
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 34.6 m
Canton: 81.7 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 1’287
1.9% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 5
0.4% of measured parcels
About Laufen
Laufen is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. For Laufen, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’287 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.8 m, on three quarters at most 11.8 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 17.3 m.
For Laufen, the median building height, 9.8 m, is close to the canton median of 9.6 m. The tallest building measures 34.6 m. 3 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.
The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 9. By median building height, Laufen ranks 31st of 73 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 1’287 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.
| Figure | Here | Canton | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|
| P25 (lower quartile) | 8.4 m | 8.0 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 9.8 m | 9.6 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 11.8 m | 11.2 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 17.3 m | 14.7 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 34.6 m | 81.7 m | 221.3 m |
Parcels by building height
Floors
The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 1’199 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 9.
Parcels by number of floors
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 34.6 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 141 | 11% |
| 25 m or taller | 5 | 0.4% |
| 30 m or taller | 3 | 0.2% |
| 50 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for Laufen
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Laufen. 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 ~.
Explore more data for Laufen
- Parcel statistics and zones Laufenin geopool
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- Building age Laufenin roots
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- Solar potential Laufenin soolar
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