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Canton of Basel-Landschaft

Canton · 86 municipalities with parcel data

Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.

The parcel data lists 129’328 parcels in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, covering 516.4 km². 56.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 702 m².

Key figures

Parcels
129’328
3.3% of Switzerland
Total area
516.4 km²
1.4% of Switzerland
Median area
702 m²
Switzerland: 881 m²
Built share
56.6%
Switzerland: 51%
Median year built
1979
Switzerland: 1975

About the canton of Basel-Landschaft

The canton of Basel-Landschaft ranks 12th of the 25 cantons with largely complete parcel data by number of parcels and 17th by total parcel area. Of its 86 municipalities with parcel data, Reinach (BL) (5’931), Allschwil (5’096) and Muttenz (4’953) have the most parcels, which together hold 12.4% of the canton's parcels.

The median parcel in the canton measures 702 m², smaller than the Swiss median of 881 m². The canton is more built-up than Switzerland as a whole: 56.6% of its parcels have a building, against 51% nationwide. Among its municipalities with at least 500 parcels, Birsfelden has the highest share of built parcels (87%) and Rothenfluh the lowest (17.2%). Zeglingen has the largest median parcel (2’820 m²) and Reinach (BL) the smallest (350 m²).

According to the building register, a building in the canton holds 1.3 dwellings on average, against 1.5 across Switzerland. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.4%, against 63.6% across Switzerland). Non-residential buildings account for 31.1% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (26.2% of them), and 20.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1979, is close to that of Switzerland as a whole (1975).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 73’171 (56.6%)

Unbuilt: 56’157 (43.4%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcelsAreaBuilt
Landwirtschaftszone21’841182.37 km²13.7%
Wohnzone W28’5855.39 km²85.5%
Strasse innerhalb ZPS6’8559.80 km²5.5%
Wald6’066137.45 km²6.7%
Wohnzone W2b4’4022.04 km²88.9%
Strasse ausserhalb ZPS3’96810.39 km²1.5%
Wohnzone W13’6222.65 km²86.2%
Wohnzone W2a3’1101.87 km²86.4%
W23’1011.52 km²84.1%
Kernzone2’5611.41 km²82.0%
Wohnzone W22’4371.19 km²88.6%
Waldareal2’27852.40 km²6.7%
Other zones (686 labels)60’143104.15 km²74.9%
No zone3593.78 km²49.3%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 116’917 buildings with 152’827 dwellings here; 49’270 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
116’917
Dwellings
152’827
Single-family houses
49’270
Building volume
149.4 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential67’168
  • Mixed use1’467
  • Non-residential36’419
  • Other11’863

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building

  • Before 19206’485
  • 1920-19454’433
  • 1946-19607’107
  • 1961-198019’185
  • 1981-200017’612
  • 2001-20107’272
  • 2011-20205’612
  • 2021 and later2’284
  • Unknown year3’181

Maps and geodata for the canton of Basel-Landschaft

geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for the canton of Basel-Landschaft. 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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