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Buus

Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2844

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

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The parcel data lists 1’178 parcels in Buus, covering 8.8 km². 38.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’105 m².

Key figures

Parcels
1’178
0.9% of the canton
Total area
8.8 km²

1.8% of the canton

Median area
1’105 m²

Canton: 690 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
38.6%

Canton: 56.7%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1981

Canton: 1979

Switzerland: 1976

About Buus

Buus ranks 39th of 86 municipalities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft by number of parcels and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels on 1.8% of its area. The median parcel in Buus measures 1’105 m², larger than the canton median of 690 m². Buus is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 38.6% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (22.2%), Strasse ausserhalb ZPS (15.9%) and Wohnzone W1 (12.8%). In total, Buus uses 17 zone designations.

According to the building register, Buus has 754 buildings with 529 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 45.6% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (22.9% of them), and 25.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1981, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1979).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 455 (38.6%)Unbuilt: 723 (61.4%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Landwirtschaftszone2615.62 km²25.7%
Strasse ausserhalb ZPS1870.32 km²0.0%
Wohnzone W11510.10 km²84.8%
Wald1452.35 km²5.5%
Wohn-, Geschäftszone WG21230.07 km²83.7%
Kernzone K2a900.04 km²76.7%
Strasse innerhalb ZPS470.04 km²14.9%
Kernzone K2b410.02 km²75.6%
Spezialzone Rebbau390.08 km²23.1%
Uferschutzzone300.05 km²13.3%
Gewerbezone G260.02 km²53.8%
Naturschutzzone200.09 km²10.0%
Other zones (5 labels)180.04 km²72.2%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 754 buildings with 529 dwellings here; 261 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
754
Dwellings
529
Single-family houses
261
Building volume
726’792 m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential351
  • Mixed use4
  • Non-residential344
  • Other55

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192077
  • 1920-194512
  • 1946-196025
  • 1961-198091
  • 1981-2000104
  • 2001-201052
  • 2011-202043
  • 2021 and later23
  • Unknown year28

Maps and geodata for Buus

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