Gächlingen
Municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen · FSO no. 2901
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Gächlingen centerThe parcel data lists 1’192 parcels in Gächlingen, covering 7.1 km². 36.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’746 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’192
- 2.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 7.1 km²
- 2.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’746 m²
- Canton: 1’075 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 36.7%
- Canton: 47.3%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1980
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Gächlingen
Gächlingen ranks 14th of 26 municipalities in the canton of Schaffhausen by number of parcels and holds 2.6% of the canton's parcels on 2.4% of its area. The median parcel in Gächlingen measures 1’746 m², larger than the canton median of 1’075 m². Gächlingen is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 36.7% of its parcels have a building, against 47.3% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (42.5%), Strassenareal (13%) and Dorfkernzone (10.7%). In total, Gächlingen uses 13 zone designations.
According to the building register, Gächlingen has 614 buildings with 496 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (78.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 43.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (23.8% of them), and 26.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1980, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 437 (36.7%)
Unbuilt: 755 (63.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 507 | 5.05 km² | 13.4% |
| Strassenareal | 155 | 0.28 km² | 0.0% |
| Dorfkernzone | 127 | 0.07 km² | 87.4% |
| Dorfzone | 121 | 0.11 km² | 73.6% |
| Wohnzone 1 | 105 | 0.09 km² | 89.5% |
| Rebbauzone | 68 | 0.15 km² | 39.7% |
| Strassenzone | 40 | 0.04 km² | 5.0% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 21 | 0.02 km² | 90.5% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 13 | 0.03 km² | 53.8% |
| Gewässer | 12 | 0.03 km² | 0.0% |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 10 | 0.03 km² | 90.0% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 10 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Wald | 3 | 1.22 km² | 33.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 614 buildings with 496 dwellings here; 259 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 614
- Dwellings
- 496
- Single-family houses
- 259
- Building volume
- 780’862 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Gächlingen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Gächlingen. 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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