Bürchen
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6193
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Bürchen center
Canton only partly covered
The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais, so the figures for Bürchen may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 6’075 parcels in Bürchen, covering 4.2 km². 19.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 404 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 6’075
- 1.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 4.2 km²
0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 404 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 19.9%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Bürchen
Bürchen is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Landwirtschaftszonen 2. Priorität (21.2%), Landwirtschaftszonen 1. Priorität (15.8%) and Wohnzone W3 (11.8%).
According to the building register, Bürchen has 1’427 buildings with 1’169 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (60.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 48.4% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1961 to 1980 (33.4%), and on 25.9% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1975.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’208 (19.9%)Unbuilt: 4’867 (80.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszonen 2. Priorität | 1’287 | 1.00 km² | 8.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszonen 1. Priorität | 958 | 0.63 km² | 4.6% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 717 | 0.34 km² | 33.9% |
| Ferienhauszone F2 | 624 | 0.47 km² | 65.2% |
| Fruchtfolgeflächen | 500 | 0.28 km² | 4.2% |
| Fruchtfolgeflächen / Geschützte Landwirtsch. Zonen | 492 | 0.24 km² | 4.3% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone GLZ | 405 | 0.19 km² | 2.5% |
| Wald (provisorisch) | 322 | 0.62 km² | 2.8% |
| Dorfzone D | 311 | 0.03 km² | 53.7% |
| Wohnzone W3 A | 79 | 0.02 km² | 21.5% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 68 | 0.06 km² | 58.8% |
| Wohnzone W4 | 54 | 0.01 km² | 55.6% |
| Other zones (19 labels) | 258 | 0.32 km² | 37.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’427 buildings with 1’169 dwellings here; 437 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’427
- Dwellings
- 1’169
- Single-family houses
- 437
- Building volume
- 793’927 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Bürchen
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