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Canton of Uri

Canton · Municipalities with height data: 19

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

In the canton of Uri, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 11’948 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.3 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 14.7 m or lower.

Key figures

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

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
44.1 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
11’948

0.8% of Switzerland

25 m or taller
29

0.2% of measured parcels

About the canton of Uri

For the canton of Uri, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 11’948 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.3 m, on three quarters at most 10.9 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 14.7 m. The parcel data holds building heights for 19 of the canton’s 19 municipalities.

In the canton, the median building height, 9.3 m, is close to the Swiss median of 9.5 m. The tallest building measures 44.1 m. 11 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 14. By median building height, the canton of Uri ranks 14th of 20 cantons with complete height data. Among its municipalities with at least 200 measured parcels, the highest median building heights are those of Flüelen (10.3 m), Andermatt (10 m) and Altdorf (UR) (9.9 m).

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 11’948 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)7.9 m7.8 m
P50 (median)9.3 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)10.9 m11.5 m
P9514.7 m16.6 m
Tallest building44.1 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m89
  • 3-6 m859
  • 6-9 m4’267
  • 9-12 m4’862
  • 12-15 m1’349
  • 15-18 m366
  • 18-21 m85
  • 21-24 m32
  • 24-27 m22
  • 27-30 m6
  • 30 m or taller11

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 7’655 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 14.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor606
  • 2 floors3’438
  • 3 floors2’529
  • 4 floors807
  • 5 floors203
  • 6 floors50
  • 7 floors12
  • 8 or more floors10

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 44.1 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller5224.4%
25 m or taller290.2%
30 m or taller110.1%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for the canton of Uri

roofs maps building height for every parcel in the canton of Uri. 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 Uri

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