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Ennetbürgen

Municipality in the canton of Nidwalden · FSO no. 1505

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

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The parcel data lists 1’350 parcels in Ennetbürgen, covering 19.7 km². 75% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 817 m².

Key figures

Parcels
1’350
11% of the canton
Total area
19.7 km²

7.1% of the canton

Median area
817 m²

Canton: 859 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
75%

Canton: 74.3%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1981

Canton: 1981

Switzerland: 1976

About Ennetbürgen

Ennetbürgen ranks 3rd of 11 municipalities in the canton of Nidwalden by number of parcels and holds 11% of the canton's parcels on 7.1% of its area. The median parcel in Ennetbürgen measures 817 m², about the same as the canton median of 859 m². Ennetbürgen is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 75% of its parcels have a building, against 74.3% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 12a (35.7%), Landwirtschaftszone (23.6%) and Wald (8.4%). In total, Ennetbürgen uses 24 zone designations.

According to the building register, Ennetbürgen has 1’474 buildings with 2’638 dwellings, 1.8 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 32.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 36.2% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (28.2% of them), and 24.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1981, is the same as in the canton as a whole.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 1’013 (75%)Unbuilt: 337 (25%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Wohnzone 12a4820.36 km²91.5%
Landwirtschaftszone3185.70 km²61.6%
Wald1132.40 km²23.0%
Wohnzone 17990.13 km²90.9%
Wohnzone 14970.06 km²96.9%
Kernzone 19700.06 km²92.9%
Verkehrszone460.10 km²8.7%
Gewerbezone 19230.05 km²82.6%
Zone für öffentliche Zwecke190.04 km²68.4%
Wohnzone 12c150.02 km²100.0%
Wohn- und Gewerbezone 17130.01 km²92.3%
Wohn- und Gewerbezone 1590.02 km²100.0%
Other zones (12 labels)4610.77 km²63.0%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 1’474 buildings with 2’638 dwellings here; 273 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
1’474
Dwellings
2’638
Single-family houses
273
Building volume
2.4 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential844
  • Mixed use33
  • Non-residential533
  • Other64

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192038
  • 1920-194540
  • 1946-196081
  • 1961-1980286
  • 1981-2000215
  • 2001-2010106
  • 2011-202097
  • 2021 and later43
  • Unknown year107

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