Chur
Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3901
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
For Chur (GR), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 4’865 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 10.4 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 19.8 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 10.4 m
- Canton: 9.1 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- -
Canton: 2
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 80.1 m
Canton: 162.7 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 4’865
5.2% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 78
1.6% of measured parcels
About Chur
Chur is a municipality in the canton of Graubünden. For Chur, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 4’865 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 10.4 m, on three quarters at most 14 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 19.8 m.
For Chur, the median building height, 10.4 m, is above the canton median of 9.1 m. The tallest building measures 80.1 m. 33 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.
By median building height, Chur ranks 10th of 92 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 4’865 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) | 8.4 m | 7.3 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 10.4 m | 9.1 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 14.0 m | 11.0 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 19.8 m | 15.3 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 80.1 m | 162.7 m | 221.3 m |
Parcels by building height
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 80.1 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 1’021 | 21% |
| 25 m or taller | 78 | 1.6% |
| 30 m or taller | 33 | 0.7% |
| 50 m or taller | 8 | 0.2% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for Chur
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Chur. 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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