Pratteln
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2831
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Pratteln centerThe parcel data lists 4’002 parcels in Pratteln, covering 10.7 km². 65.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 557 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’002
- 3.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 10.7 km²
- 2.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 557 m²
- Canton: 702 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 65.7%
- Canton: 56.6%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1976
- Canton: 1979
- Switzerland: 1975
About Pratteln
Pratteln ranks 5th of 86 municipalities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft by number of parcels and holds 3.1% of the canton's parcels on 2.1% of its area. The median parcel in Pratteln measures 557 m², smaller than the canton median of 702 m². Pratteln is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 65.7% of its parcels have a building, against 56.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2b (19.4%), Wohnzone W1b (10.4%) and Wohnzone W2a (8.5%). In total, Pratteln uses 59 zone designations.
According to the building register, Pratteln has 4’980 buildings with 8’321 dwellings, 1.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (66.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 38.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (27% of them), and 21% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1976, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1979).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’629 (65.7%)
Unbuilt: 1’373 (34.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2b | 775 | 0.35 km² | 89.9% |
| Wohnzone W1b | 416 | 0.21 km² | 85.8% |
| Wohnzone W2a | 340 | 0.14 km² | 82.6% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 322 | 2.02 km² | 13.7% |
| Strasse innerhalb ZPS | 299 | 0.70 km² | 5.7% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 254 | 0.21 km² | 85.4% |
| Kernzone K | 227 | 0.11 km² | 90.3% |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG2 | 207 | 0.11 km² | 87.9% |
| Spezialzonen | 145 | 0.26 km² | 19.3% |
| Wald | 123 | 2.59 km² | 7.3% |
| Wohnzonen | 94 | 0.20 km² | 75.5% |
| Oeffentliche Werke und Anlagen (OeWA) mit Zweckbestimmungen | 89 | 0.81 km² | 61.8% |
| Other zones (47 labels) | 711 | 3.00 km² | 65.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 4’980 buildings with 8’321 dwellings here; 1’690 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 4’980
- Dwellings
- 8’321
- Single-family houses
- 1’690
- Building volume
- 11.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Pratteln
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Pratteln. 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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