Embrach
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 56
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Embrach centerThe parcel data lists 2’612 parcels in Embrach, covering 12.7 km². 62.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 709 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’612
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 12.7 km²
- 0.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 709 m²
- Canton: 815 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 62.1%
- Canton: 56.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1992
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Embrach
Embrach ranks 48th of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 0.7% of the canton's parcels on 0.7% of its area. The median parcel in Embrach measures 709 m², about the same as the canton median of 815 m². Embrach is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 62.1% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2B (29.8%), Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (17.6%) and Kernzone 2 (9.6%). In total, Embrach uses 24 zone designations.
According to the building register, Embrach has 2’455 buildings with 4’707 dwellings, 1.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (66.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 29.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (27.9% of them), and 32.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1992, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’622 (62.1%)
Unbuilt: 990 (37.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2B | 778 | 0.51 km² | 84.4% |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 461 | 4.47 km² | 15.2% |
| Kernzone 2 | 252 | 0.18 km² | 74.6% |
| Wohnzone 2A1 | 251 | 0.17 km² | 82.5% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 168 | 0.18 km² | 79.8% |
| Wald | 160 | 5.41 km² | 8.8% |
| Wohnzone 2A2 | 111 | 0.09 km² | 78.4% |
| Wohnzone G3 | 69 | 0.09 km² | 79.7% |
| Quartiererhaltungszone 4 | 67 | 0.15 km² | 74.6% |
| Quartiererhaltungszone 2 | 42 | 0.02 km² | 76.2% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten B | 36 | 0.31 km² | 55.6% |
| Wohnzone 4 | 33 | 0.02 km² | 75.8% |
| Other zones (12 labels) | 184 | 1.11 km² | 45.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’455 buildings with 4’707 dwellings here; 1’018 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’455
- Dwellings
- 4’707
- Single-family houses
- 1’018
- Building volume
- 4.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Embrach
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Embrach. 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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