Brittnau
Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4274
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Brittnau centerThe parcel data lists 2’149 parcels in Brittnau, covering 13.7 km². 60.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 849 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’149
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 13.7 km²
- 1% of the canton
- Median area
- 849 m²
- Canton: 861 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 60.2%
- Canton: 55.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1987
- Canton: 1986
- Switzerland: 1975
About Brittnau
Brittnau ranks 39th of 196 municipalities in the canton of Aargau by number of parcels and holds 0.7% of the canton's parcels on 1% of its area. The median parcel in Brittnau measures 849 m², about the same as the canton median of 861 m². Brittnau is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 60.2% of its parcels have a building, against 55.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (35.9%), Wohnzone 2 Geschosse dicht (32.2%) and Wohnzone 2 Geschosse aufgelockert (16.3%). In total, Brittnau uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Brittnau has 2’249 buildings with 2’043 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (75.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 43.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (25.1% of them), and 32.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1987, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1986).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’293 (60.2%)
Unbuilt: 856 (39.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 771 | 7.56 km² | 25.8% |
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse dicht | 691 | 0.44 km² | 86.8% |
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse aufgelockert | 351 | 0.29 km² | 86.0% |
| Kernzone mit Ortsbildschutz | 99 | 0.09 km² | 85.9% |
| Wald | 55 | 4.55 km² | 7.3% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 Geschosse | 55 | 0.05 km² | 78.2% |
| Gewerbezone | 27 | 0.07 km² | 77.8% |
| Wohnzone 3 Geschosse | 19 | 0.04 km² | 94.7% |
| Gewässer | 13 | 0.09 km² | 0.0% |
| Kantonsstrasse | 12 | 0.05 km² | 0.0% |
| Autobahn | 11 | 0.12 km² | 0.0% |
| Uferschutzzone | 10 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 35 | 0.30 km² | 60.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’249 buildings with 2’043 dwellings here; 908 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’249
- Dwellings
- 2’043
- Single-family houses
- 908
- Building volume
- 2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Brittnau
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Brittnau. 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.