Canton of Jura
Canton · Municipalities with height data: 1
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
Partial height data
Only 1’747 parcels here have a measured height, against 25’195 parcels with a registered building, so the figures on this page describe part of the buildings.
Gaps in the height data
There are no height statistics for 50 municipalities: Delémont, Haute-Sorne, Porrentruy, Val Terbi, Courrendlin, Courroux, Courgenay, Alle and 42 more.
In the canton of Jura, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’747 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.5 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 17 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 9.5 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 38.7 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 1’747
0.1% of Switzerland
- 25 m or taller
- 8
0.5% of measured parcels
About the canton of Jura
For the canton of Jura, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’747 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.5 m, on three quarters at most 12.2 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 17 m. The parcel data holds building heights for 1 of the canton’s 51 municipalities.
The tallest building measures 38.7 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 12.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 1’747 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.
| Figure | Here | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| P25 (lower quartile) | 7.6 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 9.5 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 12.2 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 17.0 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 38.7 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 17’260 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 12.
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 38.7 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 178 | 10.2% |
| 25 m or taller | 8 | 0.5% |
| 30 m or taller | 7 | 0.4% |
| 50 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for the canton of Jura
roofs maps building height for every parcel in the canton of Jura. 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 ~.
Municipalities in the canton of Jura
- Alleno height data
- Basse-Allaineno height data
- Basse-Vendlineno height data
- Boécourtno height data
- Boncourtno height data
- Bourrignonno height data
- Bureno height data
- Châtillon (JU)no height data
- Clos du Doubsno height data
- Coeuveno height data
- Cornolno height data
- Courchapoixno height data
- Courchavonno height data
- Courgenayno height data
- Courrendlinno height data
- Courrouxno height data
- Courtedouxno height data
- Courtételleno height data
- Damphreux-Lugnezno height data
- Delémontno height data
- Develierno height data
- Ederswilerno height data
- Fahyno height data
- Fontenaisno height data
- Grandfontaineno height data
- Haute-Ajoieno height data
- Haute-Sorneno height data
- La Barocheno height data
- Lajoux (JU)no height data
- Le Bémont (JU)no height data
- Le Noirmontno height data
- Les Boisno height data
- Les Breuleuxno height data
- Les Enfersno height data
- Les Genevez (JU)no height data
- Mervelierno height data
- Mettembertno height data
- Montfauconno height data
- Moutier1’747 parcels
- Movelierno height data
- Muriauxno height data
- Pleigneno height data
- Porrentruyno height data
- Rossemaisonno height data
- Saignelégierno height data
- Saint-Braisno height data
- Saulcyno height data
- Soubeyno height data
- Soyhièresno height data
- Val Terbino height data
- Vendlincourtno height data