Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden
Canton · 5 municipalities with parcel data
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 9’119 parcels in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, covering 172.8 km². 62.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’568 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 9’119
- 0.3% of Switzerland
- Total area
- 172.8 km²
0.5% of Switzerland
- Median area
- 1’568 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 62.7%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1965
Switzerland: 1976
About the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden
The canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden ranks 22nd of the 22 cantons with largely complete parcel data by number of parcels and 21st by total parcel area. Of its 5 municipalities with parcel data, Schwende-Rüte (3’345), Appenzell (2’005) and Oberegg (1’681) have the most parcels, which together hold 77.1% of the canton's parcels.
The median parcel in the canton measures 1’568 m², larger than the Swiss median of 870 m². The canton is more built-up than Switzerland as a whole: 62.7% of its parcels have a building, against 52% nationwide. Among its municipalities with at least 500 parcels, Appenzell has the highest share of built parcels (72.2%) and Oberegg the lowest (54.2%). Schlatt-Haslen has the largest median parcel (4’417 m²) and Appenzell the smallest (851 m²).
According to the building register, a building in the canton holds 0.9 dwellings on average, against 1.6 across Switzerland. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (72.1%, against 63.5% across Switzerland). Non-residential buildings account for 41% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (23% of them), and 12.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is earlier than in Switzerland as a whole (1976).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 5’721 (62.7%)Unbuilt: 3’398 (37.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 3’073 | 79.33 km² | 69.9% |
| Wohnzone | 2’220 | 1.79 km² | 88.9% |
| Wald | 1’747 | 35.30 km² | 8.4% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 547 | 0.73 km² | 88.7% |
| Kernzone | 542 | 0.35 km² | 93.9% |
| Verkehrsfläche | 286 | 1.33 km² | 9.4% |
| Naturschutzzone | 209 | 3.03 km² | 37.3% |
| Sömmerungsgebietszone | 145 | 42.84 km² | 84.1% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 75 | 0.34 km² | 77.3% |
| Freihaltezone | 69 | 0.16 km² | 43.5% |
| Gewerbe- und Industriezone | 68 | 0.32 km² | 86.8% |
| Weilerzone | 63 | 0.05 km² | 92.1% |
| Other zones (4 labels) | 75 | 7.21 km² | 38.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 9’702 buildings with 8’771 dwellings here; 3’776 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 9’702
- Dwellings
- 8’771
- Single-family houses
- 3’776
- Building volume
- 16.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. 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.
Municipalities in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Appenzell2’005 parcels
- Gonten1’219 parcels
- Oberegg1’681 parcels
- Schlatt-Haslen869 parcels
- Schwende-Rüte3’345 parcels