Cossonay
Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5477
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 947 parcels in Cossonay, covering 8.3 km². 62% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’164 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 947
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 8.3 km²
0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’164 m²
Canton: 1’361 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 62%
Canton: 49.3%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1986
Canton: 1972
Switzerland: 1976
About Cossonay
Cossonay is a municipality in the canton of Vaud and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Cossonay measures 1’164 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’361 m². Cossonay is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 62% of its parcels have a building, against 49.3% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone centrale 15 LAT (23.8%), Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT (20.6%) and Zone agricole 16 LAT (13.7%). In total, Cossonay uses 19 zone designations.
According to the building register, Cossonay has 951 buildings with 2’369 dwellings, 2.5 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 49.2% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 36% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (25.9% of them), and 26.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1986, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1972).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 587 (62%)Unbuilt: 360 (38%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone centrale 15 LAT | 225 | 0.13 km² | 84.4% |
| Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT | 195 | 0.23 km² | 94.4% |
| Zone agricole 16 LAT | 130 | 4.77 km² | 22.3% |
| Zone d'habitation de moyenne densité 15 LAT | 99 | 0.21 km² | 83.8% |
| Zone de desserte 15 LAT | 81 | 0.15 km² | 1.2% |
| Aire forestière 18 LAT | 66 | 1.58 km² | 1.5% |
| Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT | 44 | 0.06 km² | 93.2% |
| Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT | 30 | 0.17 km² | 86.7% |
| Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT | 17 | 0.16 km² | 52.9% |
| Zone de verdure 15 LAT | 14 | 0.04 km² | 42.9% |
| Zone d'habitation de forte densité 15 LAT | 9 | 0.03 km² | 88.9% |
| Zone d'extraction et de dépôt de matériaux 18 LAT | 8 | 0.32 km² | 12.5% |
| Other zones (7 labels) | 29 | 0.48 km² | 27.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 951 buildings with 2’369 dwellings here; 288 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 951
- Dwellings
- 2’369
- Single-family houses
- 288
- Building volume
- 1.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Cossonay
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