Arth
Municipality in the canton of Schwyz · FSO no. 1362
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Arth centerThe parcel data lists 3’334 parcels in Arth, covering 48.5 km². 71.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 759 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’334
- 6.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 48.5 km²
- 5.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 759 m²
- Canton: 820 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 71.4%
- Canton: 71.6%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Arth
Arth ranks 5th of 30 municipalities in the canton of Schwyz by number of parcels and holds 6.7% of the canton's parcels on 5.3% of its area. The median parcel in Arth measures 759 m², about the same as the canton median of 820 m². Arth is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 71.4% of its parcels have a building, against 71.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone mit 2 Geschossen (30.7%), Landwirtschaftszone (19.5%) and Wohnzone mit 3 Geschossen (9.7%). In total, Arth uses 30 zone designations.
According to the building register, Arth has 3’988 buildings with 6’181 dwellings, 1.5 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 52.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 42.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (30.7% of them), and 27.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’381 (71.4%)
Unbuilt: 953 (28.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone mit 2 Geschossen | 1’022 | 0.64 km² | 87.2% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 650 | 13.86 km² | 63.8% |
| Wohnzone mit 3 Geschossen | 323 | 0.27 km² | 86.7% |
| Wald | 235 | 23.44 km² | 21.7% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone mit 3 Geschossen | 178 | 0.20 km² | 88.8% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 147 | 0.76 km² | 32.0% |
| Wohnzone mit 4 Geschossen | 124 | 0.13 km² | 90.3% |
| Verkehrsfläche (hinweisend) | 102 | 1.10 km² | 26.5% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone mit 4 Geschossen | 94 | 0.12 km² | 81.9% |
| Gewerbezone | 93 | 0.27 km² | 74.2% |
| Kernzone | 92 | 0.08 km² | 82.6% |
| Kernzone 2 | 74 | 0.06 km² | 83.8% |
| Other zones (18 labels) | 200 | 7.60 km² | 58.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’988 buildings with 6’181 dwellings here; 1’071 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’988
- Dwellings
- 6’181
- Single-family houses
- 1’071
- Building volume
- 5.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Arth
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Arth. 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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