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Thürnen

Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2864

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

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The parcel data lists 743 parcels in Thürnen, covering 2.3 km². 51.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 676 m².

Key figures

Parcels
743
0.6% of the canton
Total area
2.3 km²

0.5% of the canton

Median area
676 m²

Canton: 690 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
51.5%

Canton: 56.7%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1986

Canton: 1979

Switzerland: 1976

About Thürnen

Thürnen ranks 58th of 86 municipalities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft by number of parcels and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Thürnen measures 676 m², about the same as the canton median of 690 m². Thürnen is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 51.5% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (26.6%), Wohnzone, 1-geschossig, W1 (20.5%) and Wohnzone, 2-geschossig, W2 (13.5%). In total, Thürnen uses 24 zone designations.

According to the building register, Thürnen has 601 buildings with 726 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 26.6% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (31.9% of them), and 24.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1986, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1979).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 383 (51.5%)Unbuilt: 360 (48.5%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Landwirtschaftszone1981.20 km²11.6%
Wohnzone, 1-geschossig, W11520.09 km²88.8%
Wohnzone, 2-geschossig, W21000.05 km²90.0%
Kernzone, 2-geschossig, K2460.03 km²87.0%
Wohnzone, 3-geschossig, W3460.04 km²80.4%
Wohn-/Geschäftszone, 2-geschossig, WG2410.02 km²85.4%
Strasse innerhalb ZPS390.04 km²2.6%
Wald280.46 km²7.1%
Strasse ausserhalb ZPS200.02 km²0.0%
Freihaltezone Ortskern11< 0.01 km²9.1%
Naturschutzzone100.14 km²20.0%
Uferschutzzone100.01 km²0.0%
Other zones (12 labels)420.16 km²40.5%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 601 buildings with 726 dwellings here; 258 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
601
Dwellings
726
Single-family houses
258
Building volume
616’671 m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential350
  • Mixed use5
  • Non-residential160
  • Other86

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192030
  • 1920-19457
  • 1946-196029
  • 1961-198093
  • 1981-2000122
  • 2001-201060
  • 2011-202025
  • 2021 and later10
  • Unknown year7

Maps and geodata for Thürnen

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