Zwingen
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2793
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 1’002 parcels in Zwingen, covering 1.4 km². 71.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 607 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’002
- 0.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 1.4 km²
0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 607 m²
Canton: 690 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 71.4%
Canton: 56.7%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1991
Canton: 1979
Switzerland: 1976
About Zwingen
Zwingen ranks 44th of 86 municipalities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft by number of parcels and holds 0.8% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Zwingen measures 607 m², about the same as the canton median of 690 m². Zwingen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 71.4% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (17.7%), W2 (14.2%) and Wohnzone W1 (12.4%). In total, Zwingen uses 33 zone designations.
According to the building register, Zwingen has 1’218 buildings with 1’384 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (69.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 43.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (34.3% of them), and 26.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1991, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1979).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 715 (71.4%)Unbuilt: 287 (28.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 | 177 | 0.13 km² | 88.1% |
| W2 | 142 | 0.04 km² | 87.3% |
| Wohnzone W1 | 124 | 0.08 km² | 82.3% |
| Wohn- / Geschäftszone WG2 (mässig störende Betriebe zugelassen) | 113 | 0.14 km² | 80.5% |
| Kernzonen | 89 | 0.06 km² | 82.0% |
| Strasse innerhalb ZPS | 68 | 0.10 km² | 1.5% |
| Wohnzonen | 64 | 0.02 km² | 90.6% |
| Spezialzone für Golf | 43 | 0.12 km² | 7.0% |
| Wohn- / Geschäftszone WG2 (wenig störende Betriebe zugelassen) | 31 | 0.02 km² | 90.3% |
| Zone für öffentliche Werke und Anlagen öW+A-Zone | 28 | 0.16 km² | 42.9% |
| Gewerbezone G1 | 22 | 0.09 km² | 77.3% |
| Uferschutzzone | 18 | 0.09 km² | 27.8% |
| Other zones (21 labels) | 83 | 0.38 km² | 54.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’218 buildings with 1’384 dwellings here; 407 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’218
- Dwellings
- 1’384
- Single-family houses
- 407
- Building volume
- 1.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Zwingen
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