Sainte-Croix
Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5568
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Sainte-Croix centerThe parcel data lists 3’369 parcels in Sainte-Croix, covering 39.5 km². 48.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’303 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’369
- 1.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 39.5 km²
- 1.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’303 m²
- Canton: 1’361 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 48.8%
- Canton: 49.3%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1951
- Canton: 1972
- Switzerland: 1975
About Sainte-Croix
Sainte-Croix ranks 13th of 300 municipalities in the canton of Vaud by number of parcels and holds 1.2% of the canton's parcels on 1.4% of its area. The median parcel in Sainte-Croix measures 1’303 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’361 m². Sainte-Croix is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 48.8% of its parcels have a building, against 49.3% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole 16 LAT (27.9%), Zone centrale 15 LAT (18.5%) and Aire forestière 18 LAT (14.9%). In total, Sainte-Croix uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Sainte-Croix has 2’445 buildings with 3’513 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 53.5% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 44.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (30.5% of them), and 13.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1951, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1972).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’644 (48.8%)
Unbuilt: 1’725 (51.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole 16 LAT | 940 | 20.78 km² | 29.4% |
| Zone centrale 15 LAT | 622 | 0.51 km² | 81.0% |
| Aire forestière 18 LAT | 501 | 9.41 km² | 4.8% |
| Zone d'habitation de moyenne densité 15 LAT | 399 | 0.46 km² | 86.7% |
| Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT | 375 | 0.38 km² | 87.7% |
| Zone de desserte 15 LAT | 150 | 0.25 km² | 2.7% |
| Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT | 108 | 0.25 km² | 80.6% |
| Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT | 52 | 0.29 km² | 25.0% |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT | 49 | 5.81 km² | 65.3% |
| Zone de verdure 15 LAT | 43 | 0.05 km² | 14.0% |
| Zone de sport d'hiver 18 LAT | 41 | 0.54 km² | 14.6% |
| Zone de protection de la nature et du paysage 17 LAT | 39 | 0.56 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 50 | 0.22 km² | 34.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’445 buildings with 3’513 dwellings here; 687 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’445
- Dwellings
- 3’513
- Single-family houses
- 687
- Building volume
- 2.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Sainte-Croix
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Sainte-Croix. 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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