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Arbaz

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6261

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

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Canton only partly covered

The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais, so the figures for Arbaz may be incomplete as well.

The parcel data lists 2’409 parcels in Arbaz, covering 18.2 km². 38.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 935 m².

Key figures

Parcels
2’409
0.4% of the canton
Total area
18.2 km²

0.7% of the canton

Median area
935 m²

Canton: 511 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
38.8%

Canton: 26.2%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1998

Canton: 1980

Switzerland: 1976

About Arbaz

Arbaz is a municipality in the canton of Valais.

Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zone touristique 0.30 (33.7%), Zone agricole (23%) and Zone du centre du village (11%).

According to the building register, Arbaz has 1’253 buildings with 1’131 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (83.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 29.1% of all buildings.

Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1981 to 2000 (30.2%), and on 40.2% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1998.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 935 (38.8%)Unbuilt: 1’474 (61.2%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Zone touristique 0.308121.01 km²61.9%
Zone agricole5531.14 km²3.6%
Zone du centre du village2650.05 km²54.7%
Zone extensive du village 0.602630.25 km²58.2%
Aire forestière2303.07 km²9.1%
Zone d'épaississement du village1870.13 km²40.1%
Pâturages400.21 km²0.0%
Zone de constructions et d'installations publiques A180.09 km²50.0%
Zone agricole protégée120.03 km²8.3%
Zone artisanale100.02 km²0.0%
Alpages45.71 km²75.0%
Zone d'extraction et de dépôt de matériaux40.04 km²0.0%
Other zones (6 labels)116.47 km²45.5%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 1’253 buildings with 1’131 dwellings here; 734 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
1’253
Dwellings
1’131
Single-family houses
734
Building volume
746’226 m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential877
  • Mixed use5
  • Non-residential365
  • Other6

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192028
  • 1920-194534
  • 1946-196038
  • 1961-1980140
  • 1981-2000282
  • 2001-2010125
  • 2011-2020199
  • 2021 and later52
  • Unknown year37

Maps and geodata for Arbaz

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