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Glarus Nord

Municipality in the canton of Glarus · FSO no. 1630

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

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For Glarus Nord (GL), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 5’942 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.4 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 14 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
9.4 m
Canton: 9.3 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
2

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
44.2 m

Canton: 44.4 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
5’942

35% of the canton

25 m or taller
13

0.2% of measured parcels

About Glarus Nord

Glarus Nord is a municipality in the canton of Glarus. For Glarus Nord, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 5’942 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.4 m, on three quarters at most 10.7 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 14 m.

For Glarus Nord, the median building height, 9.4 m, is close to the canton median of 9.3 m. The tallest building measures 44.2 m. 7 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 15. By median building height, Glarus Nord 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 5’942 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)8.0 m7.8 m7.8 m
P50 (median)9.4 m9.3 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)10.7 m10.9 m11.5 m
P9514.0 m14.4 m16.6 m
Tallest building44.2 m44.4 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m63
  • 3-6 m369
  • 6-9 m2’011
  • 9-12 m2’727
  • 12-15 m571
  • 15-18 m142
  • 18-21 m32
  • 21-24 m13
  • 24-27 m4
  • 27-30 m3
  • 30 m or taller7

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 4’325 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 15.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor428
  • 2 floors2’122
  • 3 floors1’354
  • 4 floors345
  • 5 floors63
  • 6 floors3
  • 7 floors3
  • 8 or more floors7

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 44.2 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller2013.4%
25 m or taller130.2%
30 m or taller70.1%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Glarus Nord

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Glarus Nord. 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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