Arosa
Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3921
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
For Arosa (GR), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 2’794 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 8.6 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 16.6 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 8.6 m
- Canton: 9.1 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2
Canton: 2
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 39.4 m
Canton: 162.7 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 2’794
3% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 30
1.1% of measured parcels
About Arosa
Arosa is a municipality in the canton of Graubünden. For Arosa, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 2’794 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 8.6 m, on three quarters at most 10.9 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 16.6 m.
For Arosa, the median building height, 8.6 m, is close to the canton median of 9.1 m. The tallest building measures 39.4 m. 12 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, Arosa ranks 64th of 92 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 2’794 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) | 6.9 m | 7.3 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 8.6 m | 9.1 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 10.9 m | 11.0 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 16.6 m | 15.3 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 39.4 m | 162.7 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 2’001 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 11.
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 39.4 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 229 | 8.2% |
| 25 m or taller | 30 | 1.1% |
| 30 m or taller | 12 | 0.4% |
| 50 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for Arosa
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Arosa. 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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