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Wettingen

Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4045

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

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The parcel data lists 4’595 parcels in Wettingen, covering 10.6 km². 70.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 597 m².

Key figures

Parcels
4’595
1.6% of the canton
Total area
10.6 km²

0.8% of the canton

Median area
597 m²

Canton: 863 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
70.4%

Canton: 55.4%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1965

Canton: 1986

Switzerland: 1976

About Wettingen

Wettingen ranks 4th of 196 municipalities in the canton of Aargau by number of parcels and holds 1.6% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.8% of their area. The median parcel in Wettingen measures 597 m², smaller than the canton median of 863 m². Wettingen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 70.4% of its parcels have a building, against 55.4% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are 2-geschossige Wohnzone (22.1%), 3-geschossige Wohnzone (21%) and 2-geschossige Hangwohnzone (14.3%). In total, Wettingen uses 37 zone designations.

According to the building register, Wettingen has 4’994 buildings with 10’962 dwellings, 2.2 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 57.9% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 29.2% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (23.1% of them), and 16.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1986).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 3’236 (70.4%)Unbuilt: 1’359 (29.6%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
2-geschossige Wohnzone1’0150.56 km²87.7%
3-geschossige Wohnzone9670.69 km²84.6%
2-geschossige Hangwohnzone6590.39 km²83.3%
Landwirtschaftszone4171.98 km²17.3%
Wohn- Gewerbezone 4-geschossig1850.22 km²77.8%
Dorfzone1830.13 km²83.1%
Wald1543.74 km²11.0%
Wohn- Gewerbezone 3-geschossig1500.23 km²83.3%
Rebzone1340.20 km²32.1%
Zone Landstrasse (Allgemein)1320.16 km²78.8%
Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen1270.64 km²56.7%
Zone Landstrasse (Teilgebiet «Zentrum»)600.06 km²76.7%
Other zones (25 labels)4121.62 km²49.5%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 4’994 buildings with 10’962 dwellings here; 1’888 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
4’994
Dwellings
10’962
Single-family houses
1’888
Building volume
7.6 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential3’259
  • Mixed use119
  • Non-residential1’457
  • Other159

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 1920224
  • 1920-1945459
  • 1946-1960632
  • 1961-1980749
  • 1981-2000603
  • 2001-2010250
  • 2011-2020211
  • 2021 and later76
  • Unknown year32

Maps and geodata for Wettingen

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