Standard nomenclature (NOAS04) by major region and canton, in hectares

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Metainformation:
Last modified: new data 2020/25
State of the database: 05.07.2023
Reference period: 1979-1985, 1992-1997, 2004-2009, 2013-2018, 2020-2025
Spatial reference: Cantons as of 1.1.2023, administrative limits (swissBoundaries3D) © swisstopo, 1.1.2023
Data source: FSO - Swiss Land Use Statistics (AREA) (in German) Areas:
All indications are point areas.
Areas of communes and regions do not contain the surface of any lakes that are larger than 5 km2. Therefore the sum of areas of either commune or regions of a canton are not equal to its size. The exact total surface area of the cantons and major regions will be made available in the specified Cubes. Quality of data, sample survey errors:
Small size area data are not statistically reliable. They will be the subject of a large sample survey error. You will find that a 10 hectare surface has a sample survey error margin of +/- 6.2 ha. For an area of 100 hectares, the error margin would be +/- 20 ha.
such small values are still listed in this table in order to gather together communes in groups and allow for highly differentiated regional analysis producing relevant values. Categories:
The mentioned categories belong to the 'land cover' nomenclature (NOLC04) or the 'standard' nomenclature (NOAS04).

Switzerland
<< Région lémanique
- Vaud
- Valais / Wallis
- Genève
<< Espace Mittelland
- Bern / Berne
- Fribourg / Freiburg
- Solothurn
- Neuchâtel
- Jura
<< Nordwestschweiz
- Basel-Stadt
- Basel-Landschaft
- Aargau
<< Zürich
- Zürich
<< Ostschweiz
- Glarus
- Schaffhausen
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden
- Appenzell Innerrhoden
- St. Gallen
- Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun
- Thurgau
<< Zentralschweiz
- Luzern
- Uri
- Schwyz
- Obwalden
- Nidwalden
- Zug
<< Ticino
- Ticino

Surface total
-a Settlement and urban areas
>>a.1 Industrial and commercial areas
<->a.1.1 Industrial and commercial areas
....a.1.1.1 Industrial and commercial buildings
....a.1.1.2 Surroundings of industrial and commercial buildings
>>a.2 Building areas
<->a.2.2 Residential areas
....a.2.2.3 One- and two-family houses
....a.2.2.4 Surroundings of one- and two-family houses
....a.2.2.5 Terraced houses
....a.2.2.6 Surroundings of terraced houses
....a.2.2.7 Blocks of flats
....a.2.2.8 Surroundings of blocks of flats
<->a.2.3 Public building areas
....a.2.3.9 Public buildings
....a.2.3.10 Surroundings of public buildings
<->a.2.4 Agricultural building areas
....a.2.4.11 Agricultural buildings
....a.2.4.12 Surroundings of agricultural buildings
<->a.2.5 Unspecified building areas
....a.2.5.13 Unspecified buildings
....a.2.5.14 Surroundings of unspecified buildings
>>a.3 Transportation areas
<->a.3.6 Road areas
....a.3.6.15 Motorways
....a.3.6.16 Green motorway environs
....a.3.6.17 Roads and paths
....a.3.6.18 Green road environs
....a.3.6.19 Parking areas
<->a.3.7 Railway areas
....a.3.7.20 Sealed railway areas
....a.3.7.21 Green railway environs
<->a.3.8 Airports and airfields
....a.3.8.22 Airports
....a.3.8.23 Airfields, green airport environs
>>a.4 Special urban areas
<->a.4.9 Special urban areas
....a.4.9.24 Energy supply plants
....a.4.9.25 Waste water treatment plants
....a.4.9.26 Other supply or waste treatment plants
....a.4.9.27 Dumps
....a.4.9.28 Quarries, mines
....a.4.9.29 Construction sites
....a.4.9.30 Unexploited urban areas
>>a.5 Recreational areas and cemeteries
<->a.5.10 Recreational areas and cemeteries
....a.5.10.31 Public parks
....a.5.10.32 Sports facilities
....a.5.10.33 Golf courses
....a.5.10.34 Camping areas
....a.5.10.35 Garden allotments
....a.5.10.36 Cemeteries
-b Agricultural areas
>>b.6 Orchard, vineyard and horticulture areas
<->b.6.11 Orchards
....b.6.11.37 Intensive orchards
....b.6.11.38 Field fruit trees
<->b.6.12 Vineyards
....b.6.12.39 Vineyards
<->b.6.13 Horticulture
....b.6.13.40 Horticulture
>>b.7 Arable land
<->b.7.14 Arable land
....b.7.14.41 Arable land
>>b.8 Meadows, farm pastures
<->b.8.15 Meadows
....b.8.15.42 Meadows
<->b.8.16 Farm pastures
....b.8.16.43 Farm pastures
....b.8.16.44 Brush meadows and farm pastures
>>b.9 Alpine agriculural areas
<->b.9.17 Alpine meadows
....b.9.17.45 Alpine meadows
<->b.9.18 Alpine pastures
....b.9.18.46 Favorable alpine pastures
....b.9.18.47 Brush alpine pastures
....b.9.18.48 Rocky alpine pastures
....b.9.18.49 Sheep pastures
-c Wooded areas
>>c.10 Forest
<->c.10.19 Closed forest
....c.10.19.50 Normal dense forest
....c.10.19.51 Forest strips
<->c.10.20 Open forest
....c.10.20.52 Afforestations
....c.10.20.53 Felling areas
....c.10.20.54 Damaged forest areas
....c.10.20.55 Open forest (on agricultural areas)
....c.10.20.56 Open forest (on unproductive areas)
>>c.11 Brush forest
<->c.11.21 Brush forest
....c.11.21.57 Brush forest
>>c.12 Woods
<->c.12.22 Woods
....c.12.22.58 Groves, hedges
....c.12.22.59 Clusters of trees (on agricultural areas)
....c.12.22.60 Clusters of trees (on unproductive areas)
-d Unproductive areas
>>d.13 Lakes
<->d.13.23 Lakes
....d.13.23.61 Lakes
>>d.14 Rivers
<->d.14.24 Rivers
....d.14.24.62 Rivers
....d.14.24.63 Flood protection structures
>>d.15 Unproductive vegetation
....d.15.25.64 Scrub vegetation
<->d.15.25 Unproductive vegetation
....d.15.25.65 Unproductive grass und shrubs
....d.15.25.66 Avalanche and rockfall barriers
....d.15.25.67 Wetlands
....d.15.25.68 Alpine sports facilities
>>d.16 Bare land
<->d.16.26 Bare land
....d.16.26.69 Rocks
....d.16.26.70 Screes, sand
....d.16.26.71 Landscape interventions
>>d.17 Glaciers, perpetual snow
<->d.17.27 Glaciers, perpetual snow
....d.17.27.72 Glaciers, perpetual snow