Laufen
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2787
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 2’566 parcels in Laufen, covering 11.4 km². 53.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 807 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’566
- 2% of the canton
- Total area
- 11.4 km²
2.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 807 m²
Canton: 690 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 53.4%
Canton: 56.7%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1984
Canton: 1979
Switzerland: 1976
About Laufen
Laufen ranks 13th of 86 municipalities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft by number of parcels and holds 2% of the canton's parcels on 2.3% of its area. The median parcel in Laufen measures 807 m², larger than the canton median of 690 m². Laufen is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 53.4% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszonen (25.7%), Wohnzone W2b (16.4%) and Wohnzone W2a (13.2%). In total, Laufen uses 57 zone designations.
According to the building register, Laufen has 2’294 buildings with 3’156 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (69.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 31.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (25.2% of them), and 25.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1984, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1979).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’370 (53.4%)Unbuilt: 1’196 (46.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszonen | 660 | 2.70 km² | 6.7% |
| Wohnzone W2b | 422 | 0.27 km² | 86.7% |
| Wohnzone W2a | 338 | 0.29 km² | 81.1% |
| Wohn- / Geschäftszone WG2 | 175 | 0.10 km² | 82.3% |
| Strasse innerhalb ZPS | 123 | 0.18 km² | 0.8% |
| Zentrumszone Z1 | 106 | 0.12 km² | 78.3% |
| Wohnzonen | 94 | 0.03 km² | 59.6% |
| Waldareal | 82 | 5.76 km² | 15.9% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 52 | 0.07 km² | 82.7% |
| Zone mit Quartierplanpflicht | 49 | 0.08 km² | 57.1% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 40 | 0.02 km² | 80.0% |
| Privater Freiraum | 39 | 0.01 km² | 51.3% |
| Other zones (45 labels) | 386 | 1.73 km² | 68.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’294 buildings with 3’156 dwellings here; 894 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’294
- Dwellings
- 3’156
- Single-family houses
- 894
- Building volume
- 3.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Laufen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Laufen. 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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