Stans
Municipality in the canton of Nidwalden · FSO no. 1509
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Stans centerThe parcel data lists 1’496 parcels in Stans, covering 11.2 km². 82.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 740 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’496
- 12.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 11.2 km²
- 4% of the canton
- Median area
- 740 m²
- Canton: 859 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 82.5%
- Canton: 74.3%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1982
- Canton: 1981
- Switzerland: 1975
About Stans
Stans has the most parcels of the 11 municipalities in the canton of Nidwalden and holds 12.2% of the canton's parcels on 4% of its area. The median parcel in Stans measures 740 m², about the same as the canton median of 859 m². Stans is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 82.5% of its parcels have a building, against 74.3% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 11a (17.4%), Kernzone 14a (14.4%) and Wohnzone 14b (13.8%). In total, Stans uses 29 zone designations.
According to the building register, Stans has 1’945 buildings with 4’096 dwellings, 2.1 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 34.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (25.4% of them), and 22.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1982, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1981).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’234 (82.5%)
Unbuilt: 262 (17.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 11a | 261 | 0.17 km² | 92.7% |
| Kernzone 14a | 215 | 0.11 km² | 89.8% |
| Wohnzone 14b | 206 | 0.19 km² | 94.7% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 136 | 4.21 km² | 64.7% |
| Verkehrszone | 90 | 0.13 km² | 3.3% |
| Wohnzone 14a | 78 | 0.07 km² | 100.0% |
| Wohnzone 17b | 64 | 0.11 km² | 95.3% |
| Gewerbezone 18 | 61 | 0.22 km² | 85.2% |
| Wohnzone 11b | 61 | 0.04 km² | 93.4% |
| Kernzone 14b | 55 | 0.04 km² | 92.7% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 15 | 35 | 0.03 km² | 97.1% |
| Wohnzone 10 | 33 | 0.03 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (17 labels) | 201 | 5.82 km² | 73.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’945 buildings with 4’096 dwellings here; 390 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’945
- Dwellings
- 4’096
- Single-family houses
- 390
- Building volume
- 4.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Stans
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Stans. 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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