Zell

Geography

Zell has an area, , of . Of this area, 68% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 22.78% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 64.96% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.03% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.96% is covered with buildings, 1.15% is industrial, 2.02% is classed as special developments, 0.22% is parks or greenbelts and 2.52% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.22% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.14% is other unproductive land.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  6,659
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,766
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  3,169
• Ringlet

  Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,902
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  2,798
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,563
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  2,437
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,289

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland