Bachs
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 81
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Bachs centerThe parcel data lists 862 parcels in Bachs, covering 9.1 km². 26.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’946 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 862
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 9.1 km²
- 0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’946 m²
- Canton: 815 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 26.5%
- Canton: 56.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1978
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Bachs
Bachs ranks 137th of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Bachs measures 1’946 m², larger than the canton median of 815 m². Bachs is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 26.5% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (44.8%), Wald (29.8%) and Kernzone (11.1%). In total, Bachs uses 10 zone designations.
According to the building register, Bachs has 420 buildings with 341 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (62.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 53.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (24.1% of them), and 20.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1978, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 228 (26.5%)
Unbuilt: 634 (73.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 386 | 4.94 km² | 22.8% |
| Wald | 257 | 3.85 km² | 2.3% |
| Kernzone | 96 | 0.09 km² | 69.8% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 55 | 0.05 km² | 81.8% |
| Reservezone | 29 | 0.06 km² | 13.8% |
| Wohnzone mit Gewerbeerleichterung | 21 | 0.03 km² | 61.9% |
| kommunale Freihaltezone | 9 | 0.02 km² | 22.2% |
| Kantonale Freihaltezone | 7 | 0.10 km² | 14.3% |
| Erholungszone | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten B | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 420 buildings with 341 dwellings here; 115 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 420
- Dwellings
- 341
- Single-family houses
- 115
- Building volume
- 537’468 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Bachs
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Bachs. 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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