Gersau
Municipality in the canton of Schwyz · FSO no. 1311
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Gersau centerThe parcel data lists 1’070 parcels in Gersau, covering 23.6 km². 71% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 689 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’070
- 2.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 23.6 km²
- 2.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 689 m²
- Canton: 820 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 71%
- Canton: 71.6%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1932
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Gersau
Gersau ranks 21st of 30 municipalities in the canton of Schwyz by number of parcels and holds 2.1% of the canton's parcels on 2.6% of its area. The median parcel in Gersau measures 689 m², smaller than the canton median of 820 m². Gersau is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 71% of its parcels have a building, against 71.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 Geschosse (24.8%), Dorfkernzone (16.4%) and Landwirtschaftszone (16.3%). In total, Gersau uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Gersau has 1’250 buildings with 1’651 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 54.2% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 43.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (34.5% of them), and 18.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1932, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1988).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 760 (71%)
Unbuilt: 310 (29%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse | 265 | 0.19 km² | 80.0% |
| Dorfkernzone | 175 | 0.08 km² | 84.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 174 | 8.36 km² | 67.2% |
| Wald | 110 | 5.10 km² | 40.9% |
| Rigi-Scheidegg / Burggeist | 83 | 0.06 km² | 79.5% |
| Wohnzone 3 Geschosse | 67 | 0.06 km² | 85.1% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 63 | 0.09 km² | 41.3% |
| Wohn-Gewerbezone 3 Geschosse | 39 | 0.04 km² | 89.7% |
| Zone für öffentl. Bauten und Anlagen | 14 | 0.03 km² | 57.1% |
| Intensiverholungszone | 13 | 0.02 km² | 46.2% |
| Wohnzone 4 Geschosse | 12 | 0.01 km² | 75.0% |
| Verkehrsflächen innerhalb Bauzone | 11 | 0.05 km² | 9.1% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 44 | 9.47 km² | 70.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’250 buildings with 1’651 dwellings here; 353 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’250
- Dwellings
- 1’651
- Single-family houses
- 353
- Building volume
- 1.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Gersau
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Gersau. 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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