Münchenstein
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2769
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 3’502 parcels in Münchenstein, covering 6.9 km². 77.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 472 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’502
- 2.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 6.9 km²
1.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 472 m²
Canton: 690 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 77.7%
Canton: 56.7%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1964
Canton: 1979
Switzerland: 1976
About Münchenstein
Münchenstein ranks 8th of 86 municipalities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft by number of parcels and holds 2.8% of the canton's parcels on 1.4% of its area. The median parcel in Münchenstein measures 472 m², smaller than the canton median of 690 m². Münchenstein is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 77.7% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone, 2-geschossig, a (48.2%), Wohnzone, 1-geschossig, a (8.1%) and Strasse innerhalb ZPS (7.7%). In total, Münchenstein uses 55 zone designations.
According to the building register, Münchenstein has 4’810 buildings with 6’437 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (75.6%). Non-residential buildings account for 33.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (21.1% of them), and 14.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1964, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1979).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’721 (77.7%)Unbuilt: 781 (22.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone, 2-geschossig, a | 1’688 | 0.73 km² | 90.5% |
| Wohnzone, 1-geschossig, a | 285 | 0.18 km² | 84.9% |
| Strasse innerhalb ZPS | 268 | 0.44 km² | 8.2% |
| Wohnzone, 1-geschossig, b | 193 | 0.10 km² | 89.1% |
| Wohnzone, 3-geschossig | 132 | 0.11 km² | 97.0% |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone, 3-geschossig, wenig störend | 96 | 0.08 km² | 94.8% |
| Kernzone | 82 | 0.04 km² | 95.1% |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone, 4-geschossig, mässig störend | 79 | 0.05 km² | 87.3% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 70 | 0.71 km² | 14.3% |
| Zentrumszone, 3-geschossig, b(Gstad) | 69 | 0.03 km² | 87.0% |
| Wohnzonen | 68 | 0.12 km² | 79.4% |
| Wald | 63 | 1.43 km² | 14.3% |
| Other zones (43 labels) | 409 | 2.84 km² | 63.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 4’810 buildings with 6’437 dwellings here; 2’017 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 4’810
- Dwellings
- 6’437
- Single-family houses
- 2’017
- Building volume
- 7.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Münchenstein
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Münchenstein. 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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