Menziken
Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4139
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Menziken centerThe parcel data lists 2’974 parcels in Menziken, covering 7.4 km². 43.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 755 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’974
- 1% of the canton
- Total area
- 7.4 km²
- 0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 755 m²
- Canton: 861 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 43.3%
- Canton: 55.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1986
- Switzerland: 1975
About Menziken
Menziken ranks 18th of 196 municipalities in the canton of Aargau by number of parcels and holds 1% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Menziken measures 755 m², about the same as the canton median of 861 m². Menziken is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 43.3% of its parcels have a building, against 55.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (30.4%), Landwirtschaftszone (15%) and Wohnzone W3 (14.4%). In total, Menziken uses 34 zone designations.
According to the building register, Menziken has 3’198 buildings with 4’220 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 40.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (19.7% of them), and 19.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1986).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’287 (43.3%)
Unbuilt: 1’687 (56.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 | 904 | 0.79 km² | 44.9% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 445 | 3.15 km² | 34.4% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 427 | 0.38 km² | 27.4% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG4 | 374 | 0.39 km² | 61.2% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 287 | 0.20 km² | 43.6% |
| Wald | 102 | 1.49 km² | 16.7% |
| Zentrumszone Z | 89 | 0.09 km² | 19.1% |
| Dorfkernzone | 69 | 0.03 km² | 98.6% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG3 | 44 | 0.06 km² | 61.4% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 43 | 0.04 km² | 34.9% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 23 | 0.01 km² | 73.9% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen ÖBA / ES III | 21 | 0.05 km² | 76.2% |
| Other zones (22 labels) | 146 | 0.70 km² | 54.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’198 buildings with 4’220 dwellings here; 1’326 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’198
- Dwellings
- 4’220
- Single-family houses
- 1’326
- Building volume
- 7.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Menziken
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Menziken. 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.