Bister
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6172
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, so the figures for Bister may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 328 parcels in Bister, covering 1.1 km². 28.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 793 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 328
- 0.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 1.1 km²
< 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 793 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 28.7%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1953
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Bister
Bister is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (inkl. Sömmerungs- und Alpweiden) (42.1%), Dorfzone D (14.9%) and Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität (14.6%).
According to the building register, Bister has 103 buildings with 51 dwellings, 0.5 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 62.1% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from before 1920 (26.6%), and on 7.4% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1953.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 94 (28.7%)Unbuilt: 234 (71.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (inkl. Sömmerungs- und Alpweiden) | 138 | 0.40 km² | 10.9% |
| Dorfzone D | 49 | 0.02 km² | 77.6% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 48 | 0.23 km² | 20.8% |
| Verkehrsfläche (Strassen, Wege, Plätze) | 27 | 0.06 km² | 7.4% |
| Wald | 23 | 0.25 km² | 8.7% |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone FH | 17 | 0.02 km² | 47.1% |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone Quartierplan FHQP | 14 | 0.01 km² | 78.6% |
| Erhaltungszone | 7 | < 0.01 km² | 85.7% |
| Öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 2 | 0.08 km² | 0.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 103 buildings with 51 dwellings here; 29 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 103
- Dwellings
- 51
- Single-family houses
- 29
- Building volume
- 49’564 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Bister
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