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Plan-les-Ouates

Municipality in the canton of Geneva · FSO no. 6633

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

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For Plan-les-Ouates (GE), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’798 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 8 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 16.9 m or lower.

Key figures

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

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
36.7 m

Canton: 92.2 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
1’798

4.1% of the canton

25 m or taller
26

1.4% of measured parcels

About Plan-les-Ouates

Plan-les-Ouates is a municipality in the canton of Geneva. For Plan-les-Ouates, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’798 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 8 m, on three quarters at most 9.5 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 16.9 m.

For Plan-les-Ouates, the median building height, 8 m, is below the canton median of 9.1 m. The tallest building measures 36.7 m. 5 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 11. By median building height, Plan-les-Ouates ranks 39th of 42 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 1’798 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)7.0 m7.4 m7.8 m
P50 (median)8.0 m9.1 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)9.5 m13.1 m11.5 m
P9516.9 m27.6 m16.6 m
Tallest building36.7 m92.2 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m20
  • 3-6 m174
  • 6-9 m1’002
  • 9-12 m420
  • 12-15 m65
  • 15-18 m60
  • 18-21 m26
  • 21-24 m2
  • 24-27 m11
  • 27-30 m13
  • 30 m or taller5

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 1’501 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 11.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor297
  • 2 floors679
  • 3 floors397
  • 4 floors44
  • 5 floors29
  • 6 floors32
  • 7 floors10
  • 8 or more floors13

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 36.7 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller1176.5%
25 m or taller261.4%
30 m or taller50.3%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Plan-les-Ouates

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Plan-les-Ouates. 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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