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Ayent

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6082

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 Ayent may be incomplete as well.

The parcel data lists 13’710 parcels in Ayent, covering 18.3 km². 20.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 413 m².

Key figures

Parcels
13’710
2.4% of the canton
Total area
18.3 km²

0.7% of the canton

Median area
413 m²

Canton: 511 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
20.4%

Canton: 26.2%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1993

Canton: 1980

Switzerland: 1976

About Ayent

Ayent is a municipality in the canton of Valais.

Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zone agricole (32.3%), Aire forestière (11.6%) and Zone agricole 2 (9.8%).

According to the building register, Ayent has 3’449 buildings with 4’381 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (70.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 34.4% of all buildings.

Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 2011 to 2020 (30%), and on 40.7% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1993.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 2’801 (20.4%)Unbuilt: 10’909 (79.6%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Zone agricole4’4302.88 km²4.4%
Aire forestière1’5947.39 km²3.2%
Zone agricole 21’3423.52 km²20.2%
Zone viticole protégée1’0900.31 km²4.3%
Zone des villages (DS II)1’0660.27 km²58.0%
Zone résidentielle R20 à aménager (DS II)9090.53 km²30.9%
Zone résidentielle R20 (DS II)7400.70 km²60.5%
Zone d'extension des villages E30 (DS II)5200.31 km²49.6%
Zone agricole protégée4510.19 km²1.3%
Zone de chalet dense (DS II)3340.32 km²74.6%
Zone d'affectation différére2380.07 km²2.1%
Alpage1790.72 km²3.9%
Other zones (31 labels)8171.06 km²44.9%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 3’449 buildings with 4’381 dwellings here; 1’370 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
3’449
Dwellings
4’381
Single-family houses
1’370
Building volume
2.5 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential1’950
  • Mixed use311
  • Non-residential1’186
  • Other2

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 1920114
  • 1920-1945233
  • 1946-1960147
  • 1961-1980599
  • 1981-2000511
  • 2001-2010188
  • 2011-2020841
  • 2021 and later110
  • Unknown year58

Maps and geodata for Ayent

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