Riehen
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt · FSO no. 2703
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
For Riehen (BS), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 3’499 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 10.2 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 15.6 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 10.2 m
- Canton: 14.5 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2
Canton: 3
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 28.7 m
Canton: 205.1 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 3’499
17.5% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 1
< 0.1% of measured parcels
About Riehen
Riehen is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt. For Riehen, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 3’499 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 10.2 m, on three quarters at most 12.1 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 15.6 m.
For Riehen, the median building height, 10.2 m, is below the canton median of 14.5 m. The tallest building measures 28.7 m. One parcel has a building of 25 m or taller.
The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 7. By median building height, Riehen ranks 2nd of 3 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 3’499 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) | 8.5 m | 11.1 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 10.2 m | 14.5 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 12.1 m | 18.7 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 15.6 m | 22.5 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 28.7 m | 205.1 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 3’605 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 7.
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 28.7 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 223 | 6.4% |
| 25 m or taller | 1 | < 0.1% |
| 30 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 50 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for Riehen
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Riehen. 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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