Canton of Glarus
Canton · 3 municipalities with parcel data
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 24’652 parcels in the canton of Glarus, covering 685.3 km². 69.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 555 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 24’652
- 0.7% of Switzerland
- Total area
- 685.3 km²
2.1% of Switzerland
- Median area
- 555 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 69.7%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About the canton of Glarus
The canton of Glarus ranks 13th of the 22 cantons with largely complete parcel data by total parcel area. The canton has 3 municipalities with parcel data: Glarus Süd (10’191 parcels), Glarus Nord (8’722 parcels) and Glarus (5’739 parcels).
The median parcel in the canton measures 555 m², smaller than the Swiss median of 870 m². The canton is more built-up than Switzerland as a whole: 69.7% of its parcels have a building, against 52% nationwide. Among its municipalities with at least 500 parcels, Glarus has the highest share of built parcels (73.4%) and Glarus Süd the lowest (67.1%). Glarus Süd has the largest median parcel (699 m²) and Glarus the smallest (342 m²).
According to the building register, a building in the canton holds 0.9 dwellings on average, against 1.6 across Switzerland. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (80.1%, against 63.5% across Switzerland). Non-residential buildings account for 45.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (28.4% of them), and 16% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is close to that of Switzerland as a whole (1976).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 17’177 (69.7%)Unbuilt: 7’475 (30.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 3’722 | 123.17 km² | 59.3% |
| Dorfkernzone | 3’615 | 1.45 km² | 78.6% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 2’472 | 1.53 km² | 89.2% |
| Wald | 1’498 | 222.48 km² | 24.6% |
| Wohnzone 2b | 791 | 0.53 km² | 79.5% |
| Kernzone Ennenda | 750 | 0.16 km² | 74.1% |
| Land- und Alpirtschaftszone | 709 | 59.60 km² | 61.5% |
| Wohnzone 2a | 695 | 0.63 km² | 80.1% |
| Wohnzone | 597 | 0.49 km² | 81.7% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 538 | 0.58 km² | 82.2% |
| Kernzone Altquartierzone Glarus | 527 | 0.12 km² | 63.0% |
| Kernzone Netstal | 493 | 0.15 km² | 72.6% |
| Other zones (110 labels) | 8’245 | 274.41 km² | 69.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 26’867 buildings with 24’180 dwellings here; 10’751 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 26’867
- Dwellings
- 24’180
- Single-family houses
- 10’751
- Building volume
- 30.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for the canton of Glarus
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for the canton of Glarus. 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.
Municipalities in the canton of Glarus
- Glarus5’739 parcels
- Glarus Nord8’722 parcels
- Glarus Süd10’191 parcels