Carouge (GE)
Municipality in the canton of Geneva · FSO no. 6608
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Carouge (GE) centerThe parcel data lists 1’564 parcels in Carouge (GE), covering 2.7 km². 60.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 588 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’564
- 2.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 2.7 km²
- 1% of the canton
- Median area
- 588 m²
- Canton: 895 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 60.4%
- Canton: 57.6%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1983
- Switzerland: 1975
About Carouge (GE)
Carouge (GE) ranks 14th of 45 municipalities in the canton of Geneva by number of parcels and holds 2.1% of the canton's parcels on 1% of its area. The median parcel in Carouge (GE) measures 588 m², smaller than the canton median of 895 m². Carouge (GE) is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 60.4% of its parcels have a building, against 57.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone de développement 3 (45.8%), Zone de développement 4B protégée (38.2%) and Zone de développement 5 (10.5%). In total, Carouge (GE) uses 10 zone designations.
According to the building register, Carouge (GE) has 1’954 buildings with 11’591 dwellings, 5.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings hold several dwellings: single-family houses make up only 22.4% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 41.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (22.4% of them), and 16.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1983).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 944 (60.4%)
Unbuilt: 620 (39.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone de développement 3 | 716 | 1.43 km² | 58.4% |
| Zone de développement 4B protégée | 597 | 0.44 km² | 62.8% |
| Zone de développement 5 | 165 | 0.23 km² | 75.8% |
| Zone des bois et forêts | 27 | 0.16 km² | 18.5% |
| Zone de verdure | 23 | 0.18 km² | 52.2% |
| Zone ferroviaire | 14 | 0.05 km² | 14.3% |
| Zone des eaux et des rives | 8 | 0.09 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone de développement industriel et artisanal | 7 | 0.01 km² | 71.4% |
| Zone sportive | 6 | 0.11 km² | 33.3% |
| Zone agricole | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’954 buildings with 11’591 dwellings here; 229 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’954
- Dwellings
- 11’591
- Single-family houses
- 229
- Building volume
- 8.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Carouge (GE)
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Carouge (GE). Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.
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