Liestal
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2829
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Liestal centerThe parcel data lists 3’981 parcels in Liestal, covering 18.2 km². 71.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 600 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’981
- 3.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 18.2 km²
- 3.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 600 m²
- Canton: 702 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 71.1%
- Canton: 56.6%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1977
- Canton: 1979
- Switzerland: 1975
About Liestal
Liestal ranks 6th of 86 municipalities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft by number of parcels and holds 3.1% of the canton's parcels on 3.5% of its area. The median parcel in Liestal measures 600 m², about the same as the canton median of 702 m². Liestal is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 71.1% of its parcels have a building, against 56.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (36.9%), Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG3 (15.8%) and Strasse innerhalb ZPS (8.6%). In total, Liestal uses 56 zone designations.
According to the building register, Liestal has 5’071 buildings with 8’304 dwellings, 1.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (64.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 29.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (22.1% of them), and 22.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1977, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1979).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’832 (71.1%)
Unbuilt: 1’149 (28.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 | 1’469 | 0.97 km² | 89.3% |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG3 | 629 | 0.52 km² | 84.1% |
| Strasse innerhalb ZPS | 341 | 0.54 km² | 5.9% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 265 | 2.81 km² | 20.4% |
| Kernzone | 188 | 0.05 km² | 86.7% |
| Wohnzonen | 134 | 0.18 km² | 82.8% |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG2 | 118 | 0.07 km² | 96.6% |
| Zentrumszone 2 | 97 | 0.07 km² | 83.5% |
| Waldareal | 69 | 10.40 km² | 31.9% |
| Gewerbezone G1 | 67 | 0.23 km² | 83.6% |
| Zentrumszone 1 | 56 | 0.03 km² | 78.6% |
| Gewerbezone G2 | 47 | 0.24 km² | 68.1% |
| Other zones (44 labels) | 501 | 2.07 km² | 58.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 5’071 buildings with 8’304 dwellings here; 1’780 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 5’071
- Dwellings
- 8’304
- Single-family houses
- 1’780
- Building volume
- 8.6 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Liestal
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Liestal. 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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