Birsfelden
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2766
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Birsfelden centerThe parcel data lists 1’100 parcels in Birsfelden, covering 2.5 km². 87% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 439 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’100
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 2.5 km²
- 0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 439 m²
- Canton: 702 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 87%
- Canton: 56.6%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1955
- Canton: 1979
- Switzerland: 1975
About Birsfelden
Birsfelden ranks 44th of 86 municipalities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft by number of parcels and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Birsfelden measures 439 m², smaller than the canton median of 702 m². Birsfelden is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 87% of its parcels have a building, against 56.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone W3 (34%), Wohnzone W4 (12.5%) and Spezialzone Ortsbilderhaltung (11.8%). In total, Birsfelden uses 25 zone designations.
According to the building register, Birsfelden has 2’152 buildings with 5’850 dwellings, 2.7 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 38.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 40.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1946 to 1960 (24.8% of them), and 11% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1955, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1979).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 957 (87%)
Unbuilt: 143 (13%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W3 | 374 | 0.17 km² | 93.3% |
| Wohnzone W4 | 138 | 0.15 km² | 98.6% |
| Spezialzone Ortsbilderhaltung | 130 | 0.10 km² | 99.2% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 121 | 0.06 km² | 95.9% |
| Strasse innerhalb ZPS | 90 | 0.27 km² | 7.8% |
| Wohn-/Geschäftszone WG4 | 56 | 0.05 km² | 94.6% |
| Wohn-/Geschäftszone WG3 | 37 | 0.02 km² | 94.6% |
| Wohn-/Geschäftszone WG5 | 29 | 0.03 km² | 96.6% |
| Wohnzonen | 20 | 0.09 km² | 80.0% |
| Zone für öffentliche Werke und Anlagen | 17 | 0.24 km² | 94.1% |
| Industrie- und Gewerbezone | 15 | 0.35 km² | 93.3% |
| Industriezone | 14 | 0.15 km² | 92.9% |
| Other zones (13 labels) | 59 | 0.84 km² | 76.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’152 buildings with 5’850 dwellings here; 409 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’152
- Dwellings
- 5’850
- Single-family houses
- 409
- Building volume
- 5.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Birsfelden
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Birsfelden. 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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