Forel (Lavaux)
Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5604
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Forel (Lavaux) centerThe parcel data lists 1’630 parcels in Forel (Lavaux), covering 18.4 km². 34.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 3’113 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’630
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 18.4 km²
- 0.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 3’113 m²
- Canton: 1’361 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 34.8%
- Canton: 49.3%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1973
- Canton: 1972
- Switzerland: 1975
About Forel (Lavaux)
Forel (Lavaux) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.7% of its area. The median parcel in Forel (Lavaux) measures 3’113 m², larger than the canton median of 1’361 m². Forel (Lavaux) is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 34.8% of its parcels have a building, against 49.3% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole 16 LAT (57.7%), Aire forestière 18 LAT (19.8%) and Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT (9.5%). In total, Forel (Lavaux) uses 12 zone designations.
According to the building register, Forel (Lavaux) has 1’039 buildings with 1’007 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (66.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 49.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (23.8% of them), and 17.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1973, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1972).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 567 (34.8%)
Unbuilt: 1’063 (65.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole 16 LAT | 940 | 12.89 km² | 34.1% |
| Aire forestière 18 LAT | 322 | 4.52 km² | 3.1% |
| Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT | 155 | 0.21 km² | 94.8% |
| Zone de desserte 15 LAT | 84 | 0.22 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT | 52 | 0.19 km² | 88.5% |
| Zone centrale 15 LAT | 38 | 0.08 km² | 86.8% |
| Zone des eaux 17 LAT | 18 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT | 10 | 0.04 km² | 70.0% |
| Zone de tourisme et de loisirs 18 LAT | 4 | 0.05 km² | 50.0% |
| Zone d'extraction et de dépôt de matériaux 18 LAT | 3 | 0.14 km² | 33.3% |
| Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT | 3 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone de verdure 15 LAT | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’039 buildings with 1’007 dwellings here; 324 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’039
- Dwellings
- 1’007
- Single-family houses
- 324
- Building volume
- 1.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Forel (Lavaux)
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Forel (Lavaux). 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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