Merishausen
Municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen · FSO no. 2936
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Merishausen centerThe parcel data lists 1’215 parcels in Merishausen, covering 17.6 km². 35.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 3’062 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’215
- 2.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 17.6 km²
- 5.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 3’062 m²
- Canton: 1’075 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 35.1%
- Canton: 47.3%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1981
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Merishausen
Merishausen ranks 12th of 26 municipalities in the canton of Schaffhausen by number of parcels and holds 2.6% of the canton's parcels on 5.9% of its area. The median parcel in Merishausen measures 3’062 m², larger than the canton median of 1’075 m². Merishausen is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 35.1% of its parcels have a building, against 47.3% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wald (27.5%), Landwirtschaftszone (25.7%) and Kernzone (15.1%). In total, Merishausen uses 16 zone designations.
According to the building register, Merishausen has 612 buildings with 463 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (77.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 46.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (30% of them), and 21.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1981, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 426 (35.1%)
Unbuilt: 789 (64.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wald | 334 | 10.69 km² | 17.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 312 | 5.29 km² | 22.4% |
| Kernzone | 184 | 0.14 km² | 85.3% |
| Verkehrsfläche Nichtbaugebiet | 159 | 0.60 km² | 0.6% |
| Wohnzone 1 | 54 | 0.05 km² | 90.7% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 48 | 0.04 km² | 85.4% |
| Verkehrsfläche innerhalb der Bauzone | 35 | 0.04 km² | 8.6% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2 | 33 | 0.03 km² | 90.9% |
| Naturschutzzone übergeordnet | 16 | 0.55 km² | 6.3% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 15 | 0.04 km² | 60.0% |
| Gewässer Nichtbaugebiet | 13 | 0.07 km² | 0.0% |
| Wohnzone 1S | 5 | < 0.01 km² | 40.0% |
| Other zones (4 labels) | 7 | 0.04 km² | 71.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 612 buildings with 463 dwellings here; 242 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 612
- Dwellings
- 463
- Single-family houses
- 242
- Building volume
- 607’248 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Merishausen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Merishausen. 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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