Beckenried
Municipality in the canton of Nidwalden · FSO no. 1501
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Beckenried centerThe parcel data lists 1’358 parcels in Beckenried, covering 33 km². 75.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 804 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’358
- 11.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 33 km²
- 11.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 804 m²
- Canton: 859 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 75.8%
- Canton: 74.3%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1977
- Canton: 1981
- Switzerland: 1975
About Beckenried
Beckenried ranks 2nd of 11 municipalities in the canton of Nidwalden by number of parcels and holds 11.1% of the canton's parcels on 11.9% of its area. The median parcel in Beckenried measures 804 m², about the same as the canton median of 859 m². Beckenried is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 75.8% of its parcels have a building, against 74.3% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone zweigeschossig (31.7%), Landwirtschaftszone (24.1%) and Wohnzone dreigeschossig (10.4%). In total, Beckenried uses 21 zone designations.
According to the building register, Beckenried has 1’545 buildings with 2’081 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 36.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 43.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (22.8% of them), and 21.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1977, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1981).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’030 (75.8%)
Unbuilt: 328 (24.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig | 431 | 0.37 km² | 87.2% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 327 | 19.33 km² | 72.8% |
| Wohnzone dreigeschossig | 141 | 0.10 km² | 90.8% |
| Kernzone innere | 116 | 0.06 km² | 90.5% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 58 | 0.44 km² | 13.8% |
| Sondernutzungszone Seeufer | 55 | 0.02 km² | 41.8% |
| Wald | 55 | 3.37 km² | 20.0% |
| Kernzone äussere | 45 | 0.04 km² | 86.7% |
| Sondernutzungszone Sunnigrain / Klewenkrete | 30 | 0.02 km² | 90.0% |
| Zone für öffentliche Zwecke | 25 | 0.10 km² | 80.0% |
| Gewerbezone | 19 | 0.05 km² | 89.5% |
| Gewässer | 19 | 9.02 km² | 47.4% |
| Other zones (9 labels) | 37 | 0.07 km² | 78.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’545 buildings with 2’081 dwellings here; 287 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’545
- Dwellings
- 2’081
- Single-family houses
- 287
- Building volume
- 1.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Beckenried
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Beckenried. 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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