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Canton of Valais

Canton · 122 municipalities with parcel data

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

Canton only partly covered

The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais. Totals, the median parcel area and the built share are therefore not representative of the canton.

Gaps in the parcel data

One municipality has partial parcel data and is marked in the table.

The parcel data lists 568’180 parcels in the canton of Valais, covering 2’644 km². 26.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 511 m².

Key figures

Parcels
568’180
15.9% of Switzerland
Total area
2’644 km²

8% of Switzerland

Median area
511 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
26.2%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1980

Switzerland: 1976

About the canton of Valais

Of its 122 municipalities with parcel data, Goms (19’669), Savièse (18’940) and Val de Bagnes (17’566) have the most parcels.

According to the building register, a building in the canton holds 1.4 dwellings on average, against 1.6 across Switzerland. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.3%, against 63.5% across Switzerland). Non-residential buildings account for 39.1% of all buildings.

Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1961 to 1980 (18.9%), and on 27.1% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1980.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 148’659 (26.2%)Unbuilt: 419’521 (73.8%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Zone agricole31’903145.38 km²9.9%
Aire forestière24’959339.52 km²5.1%
Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität18’57226.36 km²6.3%
Zone agricole protégée17’27227.03 km²6.1%
Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität13’65012.49 km²5.4%
Zone agricole 210’466207.18 km²11.9%
Landwirtschaftszone 110’28611.83 km²6.8%
Wohnzone W29’9706.17 km²49.7%
Dorfzone9’8141.40 km²48.3%
Zone viticole protégée9’4074.54 km²3.0%
Wald9’31579.10 km²5.1%
Wohnzone W37’5064.41 km²48.1%
Other zones (2’142 labels)395’0601’778.38 km²31.7%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 204’736 buildings with 282’209 dwellings here; 79’314 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
204’736
Dwellings
282’209
Single-family houses
79’314
Building volume
226.3 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential117’867
  • Mixed use4’415
  • Non-residential80’029
  • Other2’425

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192021’896
  • 1920-19458’579
  • 1946-19609’575
  • 1961-198028’067
  • 1981-200027’817
  • 2001-201011’532
  • 2011-202024’505
  • 2021 and later4’197
  • Unknown year12’491

Maps and geodata for the canton of Valais

geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for the canton of Valais. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.

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