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Vaz/Obervaz

Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3506

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

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The parcel data lists 4’724 parcels in Vaz/Obervaz, covering 42.5 km². 38.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’337 m².

Key figures

Parcels
4’724
2.1% of the canton
Total area
42.5 km²

0.6% of the canton

Median area
1’337 m²

Canton: 1’110 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
38.7%

Canton: 38.7%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1975

Canton: 1965

Switzerland: 1976

About Vaz/Obervaz

Vaz/Obervaz ranks 12th of 100 municipalities in the canton of Graubünden by number of parcels and holds 2.1% of the canton's parcels on 0.6% of its area. The median parcel in Vaz/Obervaz measures 1’337 m², larger than the canton median of 1’110 m². Vaz/Obervaz is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 38.7% of its parcels have a building, against 38.7% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (40.4%), Wohnzone 0.2 (13.3%) and Dorfzone (8.7%). In total, Vaz/Obervaz uses 23 zone designations.

According to the building register, Vaz/Obervaz has 2’027 buildings with 5’832 dwellings, 2.9 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 53.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 5% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (33.3% of them), and 17.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1965).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 1’828 (38.7%)Unbuilt: 2’896 (61.3%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Landwirtschaftszone1’90823.52 km²10.6%
Wohnzone 0.26270.72 km²80.9%
Dorfzone4110.22 km²70.1%
Wohnzone 0.153130.29 km²79.2%
Übriges Gemeindegebiet2880.93 km²9.0%
Wald2696.44 km²10.4%
Forstwirtschaftszone2179.33 km²3.2%
Wohnzone 0.31970.22 km²80.7%
Wohnzone 0.51140.21 km²79.8%
Kernzone970.11 km²82.5%
Wohnzone 0.4620.10 km²83.9%
Dorferweiterungszone 0.6600.04 km²60.0%
Other zones (11 labels)1610.38 km²64.0%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 2’027 buildings with 5’832 dwellings here; 957 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
2’027
Dwellings
5’832
Single-family houses
957
Building volume
3.8 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential1’794
  • Mixed use126
  • Non-residential101
  • Other6

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 1920181
  • 1920-194594
  • 1946-1960182
  • 1961-1980608
  • 1981-2000399
  • 2001-2010161
  • 2011-2020141
  • 2021 and later18
  • Unknown year44

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