Riehen
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt · FSO no. 2703
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Riehen centerThe parcel data lists 5’122 parcels in Riehen, covering 10.9 km². 75.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 661 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 5’122
- 21% of the canton
- Total area
- 10.9 km²
- 29.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 661 m²
- Canton: 371 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 75.5%
- Canton: 88.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1962
- Canton: 1936
- Switzerland: 1975
About Riehen
Riehen ranks 2nd of 3 municipalities in the canton of Basel-Stadt by number of parcels and holds 21% of the canton's parcels on 29.4% of its area. The median parcel in Riehen measures 661 m², larger than the canton median of 371 m². Riehen is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 75.5% of its parcels have a building, against 88.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Bauzone 2A innerhalb Siedlungsgebiet (30%), Bauzone 2R innerhalb Siedlungsgebiet (21%) and Landwirtschaftszone (11.2%). In total, Riehen uses 26 zone designations.
According to the building register, Riehen has 5’964 buildings with 11’000 dwellings, 1.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 25.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1946 to 1960 (24% of them), and 10.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1962, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1936).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 3’866 (75.5%)
Unbuilt: 1’256 (24.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauzone 2A innerhalb Siedlungsgebiet | 1’536 | 1.25 km² | 91.7% |
| Bauzone 2R innerhalb Siedlungsgebiet | 1’077 | 1.12 km² | 90.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 572 | 2.31 km² | 17.7% |
| Grünzone ausserhalb Siedlungsgebiet | 430 | 0.54 km² | 53.3% |
| Bauzone 2 innerhalb Siedlungsgebiet | 364 | 0.27 km² | 97.3% |
| Wald | 217 | 2.79 km² | 7.4% |
| Bauzone 3 innerhalb Siedlungsgebiet m. überlag. Nutzung Wohn-u. Arbeitsmischgeb | 192 | 0.28 km² | 90.6% |
| Schonzone mit überlagernde Nutzung Wohn- u. Arbeitsmischgebiet innerhalb Siedlun | 144 | 0.11 km² | 86.1% |
| Bauzone 2 innerhalb Siedlungsgebiet m. überlag. Nutzung Wohn-u. Arbeitsmischgeb | 106 | 0.11 km² | 97.2% |
| Bauzone 3 innerhalb Siedlungsgebiet | 96 | 0.18 km² | 95.8% |
| Schonzone innerhalb Siedlungsgebiet | 66 | 0.09 km² | 92.4% |
| Grünzone innerhalb Siedlungsgebiet | 57 | 0.12 km² | 64.9% |
| Other zones (14 labels) | 265 | 1.71 km² | 72.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 5’964 buildings with 11’000 dwellings here; 2’885 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 5’964
- Dwellings
- 11’000
- Single-family houses
- 2’885
- Building volume
- 6.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Riehen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Riehen. 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.