Wassen
Municipality in the canton of Uri · FSO no. 1220
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Wassen centerThe parcel data lists 941 parcels in Wassen, covering 96.9 km². 47.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’938 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 941
- 5.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 96.9 km²
- 9% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’938 m²
- Canton: 743 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 47.8%
- Canton: 68.3%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1932
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Wassen
Wassen ranks 7th of 19 municipalities in the canton of Uri by number of parcels and holds 5.2% of the canton's parcels on 9% of its area. The median parcel in Wassen measures 1’938 m², larger than the canton median of 743 m². Wassen is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 47.8% of its parcels have a building, against 68.3% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (47.9%), Wald (14.8%) and Weilerzone (6.5%). In total, Wassen uses 16 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wassen has 657 buildings with 385 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (69.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 60.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (46.7% of them), and 10.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1932, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1975).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 450 (47.8%)
Unbuilt: 491 (52.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 451 | 39.05 km² | 47.2% |
| Wald | 139 | 2.73 km² | 27.3% |
| Weilerzone | 61 | 0.02 km² | 72.1% |
| Kernzone 2 | 54 | 0.02 km² | 72.2% |
| Kernzone 1 | 44 | 0.01 km² | 68.2% |
| Verkehrsfläche ausserhalb Bauzonen | 40 | 0.56 km² | 17.5% |
| Reservezone, unproduktiv | 36 | 53.87 km² | 33.3% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 34 | 0.02 km² | 79.4% |
| Gewässer | 21 | 0.43 km² | 9.5% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 20 | 0.02 km² | 85.0% |
| Gewerbezone | 13 | 0.04 km² | 69.2% |
| Verkehrsfläche innerhalb Bauzonen | 10 | 0.04 km² | 10.0% |
| Other zones (4 labels) | 18 | 0.06 km² | 61.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 657 buildings with 385 dwellings here; 143 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 657
- Dwellings
- 385
- Single-family houses
- 143
- Building volume
- 460’015 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Wassen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Wassen. 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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