Winkel
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 72
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Winkel centerThe parcel data lists 1’556 parcels in Winkel, covering 8.1 km². 55.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 964 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’556
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 8.1 km²
- 0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 964 m²
- Canton: 815 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 55.2%
- Canton: 56.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1987
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Winkel
Winkel ranks 87th of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Winkel measures 964 m², larger than the canton median of 815 m². Winkel is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 55.2% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (25.8%), Wohnzone I (23.1%) and Wohnzone II (18.1%). In total, Winkel uses 16 zone designations.
According to the building register, Winkel has 1’356 buildings with 2’412 dwellings, 1.8 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 59.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 27.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (32.7% of them), and 26.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1987, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 859 (55.2%)
Unbuilt: 697 (44.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 402 | 4.24 km² | 18.7% |
| Wohnzone I | 360 | 0.38 km² | 84.2% |
| Wohnzone II | 282 | 0.25 km² | 82.6% |
| Wald | 171 | 1.98 km² | 4.1% |
| Kernzone | 102 | 0.09 km² | 71.6% |
| Wohnzone III | 77 | 0.13 km² | 77.9% |
| Wohnzone mit Gewerbeerleichterung | 65 | 0.08 km² | 81.5% |
| Quartiererhaltungszone | 37 | 0.05 km² | 81.1% |
| Kommunale Freihaltezone | 20 | 0.08 km² | 55.0% |
| Kantonale Freihaltezone | 16 | 0.14 km² | 18.8% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 10 | 0.05 km² | 70.0% |
| Strassen (HLS) | 6 | 0.62 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (4 labels) | 8 | 0.02 km² | 50.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’356 buildings with 2’412 dwellings here; 504 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’356
- Dwellings
- 2’412
- Single-family houses
- 504
- Building volume
- 1.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Winkel
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Winkel. 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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