Lancy
Municipality in the canton of Geneva · FSO no. 6628
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
For Lancy (GE), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’792 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 10.1 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 29.4 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 10.1 m
- Canton: 9.1 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 3
Canton: 2
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 69.7 m
Canton: 92.2 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 1’792
4.1% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 214
11.9% of measured parcels
About Lancy
Lancy is a municipality in the canton of Geneva. For Lancy, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’792 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 10.1 m, on three quarters at most 15.7 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 29.4 m.
For Lancy, the median building height, 10.1 m, is above the canton median of 9.1 m. The tallest building measures 69.7 m. 80 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.
The median floor count is 3, and the building with the most floors has 23. By median building height, Lancy ranks 3rd of 42 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 1’792 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) | 7.9 m | 7.4 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 10.1 m | 9.1 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 15.7 m | 13.1 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 29.4 m | 27.6 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 69.7 m | 92.2 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 1’552 parcels with a floor count. Median: 3, most floors: 23.
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 69.7 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 483 | 27% |
| 25 m or taller | 214 | 11.9% |
| 30 m or taller | 80 | 4.5% |
| 50 m or taller | 24 | 1.3% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for Lancy
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Lancy. 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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