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Le Grand-Saconnex

Municipality in the canton of Geneva · FSO no. 6623

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

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For Le Grand-Saconnex (GE), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 806 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 7.8 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 21.6 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
7.8 m
Canton: 9.1 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
2

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
35.1 m

Canton: 92.2 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
806

1.9% of the canton

25 m or taller
21

2.6% of measured parcels

About Le Grand-Saconnex

Le Grand-Saconnex is a municipality in the canton of Geneva. For Le Grand-Saconnex, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 806 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 7.8 m, on three quarters at most 9.4 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 21.6 m.

For Le Grand-Saconnex, the median building height, 7.8 m, is below the canton median of 9.1 m. The tallest building measures 35.1 m. 16 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 10. By median building height, Le Grand-Saconnex ranks 42nd of 42 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 806 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)6.8 m7.4 m7.8 m
P50 (median)7.8 m9.1 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)9.4 m13.1 m11.5 m
P9521.6 m27.6 m16.6 m
Tallest building35.1 m92.2 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m10
  • 3-6 m92
  • 6-9 m456
  • 9-12 m127
  • 12-15 m37
  • 15-18 m28
  • 18-21 m13
  • 21-24 m13
  • 24-27 m12
  • 27-30 m2
  • 30 m or taller16

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 872 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 10.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor179
  • 2 floors376
  • 3 floors203
  • 4 floors50
  • 5 floors26
  • 6 floors10
  • 7 floors11
  • 8 or more floors17

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 35.1 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller8410.4%
25 m or taller212.6%
30 m or taller162%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Le Grand-Saconnex

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Le Grand-Saconnex. 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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