Arbon
Municipality in the canton of Thurgau · FSO no. 4401
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Arbon centerThe parcel data lists 3’213 parcels in Arbon, covering 6.7 km². 76.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 659 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’213
- 2.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 6.7 km²
- 0.8% of the canton
- Median area
- 659 m²
- Canton: 1’142 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 76.6%
- Canton: 53.5%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1968
- Canton: 1986
- Switzerland: 1975
About Arbon
Arbon ranks 6th of 80 municipalities in the canton of Thurgau by number of parcels and holds 2.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.8% of its area. The median parcel in Arbon measures 659 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’142 m². Arbon is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 76.6% of its parcels have a building, against 53.5% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone niederer Dichte (17.6%), Wohnzone tiefer Baudichte (16.1%) and Wohnzone mittlerer Baudichte (11.3%). In total, Arbon uses 32 zone designations.
According to the building register, Arbon has 3’580 buildings with 8’981 dwellings, 2.5 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 53.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 30.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (24.5% of them), and 21.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1968, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1986).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’462 (76.6%)
Unbuilt: 751 (23.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone niederer Dichte | 565 | 0.29 km² | 85.7% |
| Wohnzone tiefer Baudichte | 516 | 0.39 km² | 95.5% |
| Wohnzone mittlerer Baudichte | 364 | 0.33 km² | 95.3% |
| Strassen und Wege innerhalb Bauzonen | 295 | 0.45 km² | 4.4% |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone mittlerer Baudichte | 261 | 0.22 km² | 91.2% |
| Wohnzone hoher Baudichte | 178 | 0.42 km² | 89.3% |
| Altstadtzone | 176 | 0.06 km² | 83.0% |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone niederer Baudichte | 133 | 0.11 km² | 94.0% |
| Kernzone mittlerer Baudichte | 126 | 0.17 km² | 89.7% |
| Kernzone niederer Baudichte | 72 | 0.07 km² | 88.9% |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone hoher Baudichte | 64 | 0.16 km² | 65.6% |
| Landschaftsschutzzone | 62 | 0.64 km² | 27.4% |
| Other zones (20 labels) | 401 | 3.41 km² | 55.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’580 buildings with 8’981 dwellings here; 1’230 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’580
- Dwellings
- 8’981
- Single-family houses
- 1’230
- Building volume
- 8.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Arbon
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Arbon. 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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