Mettauertal
Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4184
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Mettauertal centerThe parcel data lists 2’902 parcels in Mettauertal, covering 21.6 km². 33.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’641 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’902
- 1% of the canton
- Total area
- 21.6 km²
- 1.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’641 m²
- Canton: 861 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 33.6%
- Canton: 55.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1986
- Switzerland: 1975
About Mettauertal
Mettauertal ranks 19th of 196 municipalities in the canton of Aargau by number of parcels and holds 1% of the canton's parcels on 1.5% of its area. The median parcel in Mettauertal measures 1’641 m², larger than the canton median of 861 m². Mettauertal is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 33.6% of its parcels have a building, against 55.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (44.2%), Wohnzone 2 (18.6%) and Wald (18.5%). In total, Mettauertal uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Mettauertal has 1’561 buildings with 1’079 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (76.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 51% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (28.2% of them), and 29.4% 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: 974 (33.6%)
Unbuilt: 1’928 (66.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’282 | 11.25 km² | 14.8% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 539 | 0.48 km² | 74.4% |
| Wald | 538 | 8.21 km² | 5.2% |
| Dorfkernzone | 302 | 0.28 km² | 77.5% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2 | 81 | 0.09 km² | 76.5% |
| Magerwiese | 39 | 0.38 km² | 2.6% |
| Arbeitszone I | 28 | 0.09 km² | 57.1% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 20 | 0.07 km² | 75.0% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 19 | 0.04 km² | 73.7% |
| Kantonsstrasse | 18 | 0.15 km² | 0.0% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 11 | 0.02 km² | 63.6% |
| Fliessgewässerzone Baugebiet | 8 | 0.01 km² | 25.0% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 17 | 0.52 km² | 23.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’561 buildings with 1’079 dwellings here; 560 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’561
- Dwellings
- 1’079
- Single-family houses
- 560
- Building volume
- 1.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Mettauertal
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Mettauertal. 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.