Windisch
Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4123
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Windisch centerThe parcel data lists 1’836 parcels in Windisch, covering 4.9 km². 71.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 646 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’836
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 4.9 km²
- 0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 646 m²
- Canton: 861 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 71.6%
- Canton: 55.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1970
- Canton: 1986
- Switzerland: 1975
About Windisch
Windisch ranks 55th of 196 municipalities in the canton of Aargau by number of parcels and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Windisch measures 646 m², smaller than the canton median of 861 m². Windisch is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 71.6% of its parcels have a building, against 55.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2-geschossig (49%), Landwirtschaftszone (9.5%) and Kernzone (6.8%). In total, Windisch uses 37 zone designations.
According to the building register, Windisch has 2’245 buildings with 3’931 dwellings, 1.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (66%). Non-residential buildings account for 40.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (25.8% of them), and 18.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1970, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1986).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’315 (71.6%)
Unbuilt: 521 (28.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 900 | 0.59 km² | 86.9% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 175 | 0.94 km² | 10.3% |
| Kernzone | 124 | 0.10 km² | 81.5% |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig | 109 | 0.13 km² | 83.5% |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone 3 | 83 | 0.07 km² | 84.3% |
| Wald | 65 | 1.02 km² | 12.3% |
| Zentrumszone Windisch | 51 | 0.06 km² | 80.4% |
| Erneuerungszone | 49 | 0.11 km² | 71.4% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 44 | 0.23 km² | 65.9% |
| Grünzone | 34 | 0.23 km² | 58.8% |
| Arbeitszone I | 33 | 0.10 km² | 60.6% |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone 2 | 29 | 0.07 km² | 86.2% |
| Other zones (25 labels) | 140 | 1.27 km² | 53.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’245 buildings with 3’931 dwellings here; 837 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’245
- Dwellings
- 3’931
- Single-family houses
- 837
- Building volume
- 3.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Windisch
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Windisch. 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.