Cornaux
Municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel · FSO no. 6451
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Cornaux centerThe parcel data lists 737 parcels in Cornaux, covering 4.7 km². 52.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’065 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 737
- 1.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 4.7 km²
- 0.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’065 m²
- Canton: 1’098 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 52.9%
- Canton: 55.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1984
- Canton: 1971
- Switzerland: 1975
About Cornaux
Cornaux ranks 18th of 24 municipalities in the canton of Neuchâtel by number of parcels and holds 1.1% of the canton's parcels on 0.7% of its area. The median parcel in Cornaux measures 1’065 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’098 m². Cornaux is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 52.9% of its parcels have a building, against 55.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole / Aire forestière / Espace de transport (27.1%), Zone d'ancienne localité (14.2%) and Zone d'habitation à faible densité (10.7%). In total, Cornaux uses 14 zone designations.
According to the building register, Cornaux has 790 buildings with 842 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 57.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 55.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (24.4% of them), and 27.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1984, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1971).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 390 (52.9%)
Unbuilt: 347 (47.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole / Aire forestière / Espace de transport | 200 | 2.25 km² | 19.5% |
| Zone d'ancienne localité | 105 | 0.05 km² | 81.0% |
| Zone d'habitation à faible densité | 79 | 0.06 km² | 88.6% |
| Zone viticole | 67 | 0.15 km² | 17.9% |
| Zone d'habitation à moyenne densité | 55 | 0.06 km² | 80.0% |
| Zone d'habitation à haute densité | 47 | 0.05 km² | 78.7% |
| Zone industrielle | 43 | 0.63 km² | 48.8% |
| Zone résidentielle densifiée | 41 | 0.03 km² | 68.3% |
| Zone d'activités économiques | 39 | 0.21 km² | 69.2% |
| Zone de transport | 23 | 0.11 km² | 21.7% |
| Zone mixte | 13 | 0.02 km² | 76.9% |
| Zone d'utilité publique | 12 | 0.10 km² | 58.3% |
| Other zones (2 labels) | 13 | 0.98 km² | 38.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 790 buildings with 842 dwellings here; 164 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 790
- Dwellings
- 842
- Single-family houses
- 164
- Building volume
- 916’880 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Cornaux
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Cornaux. 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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