Herisau
Municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden · FSO no. 3001
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Herisau centerThe parcel data lists 4’532 parcels in Herisau, covering 25.2 km². 76.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 729 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’532
- 16.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 25.2 km²
- 10.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 729 m²
- Canton: 1’095 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 76.6%
- Canton: 66.9%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1965
- Switzerland: 1975
About Herisau
Herisau has the most parcels of the 20 municipalities in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and holds 16.4% of the canton's parcels on 10.4% of its area. The median parcel in Herisau measures 729 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’095 m². Herisau is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 76.6% of its parcels have a building, against 66.9% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone (40.7%), Landwirtschaftszone (15%) and Wohn- und Gewerbezone (14.8%). In total, Herisau uses 13 zone designations.
According to the building register, Herisau has 5’326 buildings with 8’833 dwellings, 1.7 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 57.9% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 35.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (25.7% of them), and 13.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 3’472 (76.6%)
Unbuilt: 1’060 (23.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone | 1’844 | 1.47 km² | 94.5% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 681 | 15.66 km² | 68.7% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 672 | 0.59 km² | 92.9% |
| Kernzone | 355 | 0.20 km² | 88.7% |
| Wald | 336 | 4.33 km² | 11.9% |
| übriges Gemeindegebiet | 321 | 1.26 km² | 19.3% |
| Grünzone nach altem Baugesetz | 96 | 0.18 km² | 65.6% |
| Gewerbezone | 73 | 0.25 km² | 76.7% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 71 | 0.80 km² | 83.1% |
| Industriezone | 65 | 0.35 km² | 61.5% |
| Gewässer | 13 | 0.11 km² | 7.7% |
| Intensiverholungszone | 3 | 0.01 km² | 66.7% |
| Grünzone im Baugebiet | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 5’326 buildings with 8’833 dwellings here; 1’737 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 5’326
- Dwellings
- 8’833
- Single-family houses
- 1’737
- Building volume
- 9.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Herisau
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Herisau. 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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