Jorat-Mézières
Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5806
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Jorat-Mézières centerThe parcel data lists 1’690 parcels in Jorat-Mézières, covering 11.1 km². 43.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’521 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’690
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 11.1 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’521 m²
- Canton: 1’361 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 43.9%
- Canton: 49.3%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1984
- Canton: 1972
- Switzerland: 1975
About Jorat-Mézières
Jorat-Mézières is a municipality in the canton of Vaud and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in Jorat-Mézières measures 1’521 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’361 m². Jorat-Mézières is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 43.9% of its parcels have a building, against 49.3% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole 16 LAT (32.8%), Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT (22.1%) and Aire forestière 18 LAT (12.5%). In total, Jorat-Mézières uses 15 zone designations.
According to the building register, Jorat-Mézières has 1’247 buildings with 1’486 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 39.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (22.5% of them), and 31% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1984, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1972).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 742 (43.9%)
Unbuilt: 948 (56.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole 16 LAT | 554 | 7.46 km² | 18.2% |
| Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT | 374 | 0.43 km² | 90.9% |
| Aire forestière 18 LAT | 211 | 2.07 km² | 2.4% |
| Zone de desserte 15 LAT | 163 | 0.22 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone centrale 15 LAT | 139 | 0.20 km² | 90.6% |
| Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT | 91 | 0.18 km² | 87.9% |
| Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT | 32 | 0.09 km² | 81.3% |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT | 29 | 0.10 km² | 58.6% |
| Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT | 20 | 0.10 km² | 15.0% |
| Zone agricole protégée 16 LAT | 19 | 0.15 km² | 26.3% |
| Zone pour petites entités urbanisées 18 LAT | 19 | 0.06 km² | 94.7% |
| Zone de verdure 15 LAT | 17 | 0.04 km² | 70.6% |
| Other zones (3 labels) | 22 | 0.04 km² | 40.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’247 buildings with 1’486 dwellings here; 500 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’247
- Dwellings
- 1’486
- Single-family houses
- 500
- Building volume
- 1.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Jorat-Mézières
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Jorat-Mézières. 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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