Chalais
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6232
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Chalais center
Canton only partly covered
The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais, so the figures for Chalais may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 7’022 parcels in Chalais, covering 23.3 km². 32.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 643 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 7’022
- 1.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 23.3 km²
0.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 643 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 32.1%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1988
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Chalais
Chalais is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zone agricole de pâturage (26.6%), Aire forestière (17.2%) and Zone centre village (10.6%).
According to the building register, Chalais has 3’299 buildings with 3’207 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (75.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 41.1% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1961 to 1980 (27.3%), and on 34.5% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1988.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’253 (32.1%)Unbuilt: 4’769 (67.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole de pâturage | 1’865 | 2.12 km² | 11.6% |
| Aire forestière | 1’206 | 14.02 km² | 7.0% |
| Zone centre village | 744 | 0.14 km² | 59.8% |
| Zone résidentielle petit chalet 0.25 | 674 | 0.53 km² | 68.5% |
| Zone d'habitat résidentiel - villa de plaine 0.3 | 523 | 0.36 km² | 67.3% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 513 | 0.57 km² | 1.6% |
| Zone d'habitat collectif 0.50 | 245 | 0.16 km² | 49.4% |
| Zone d'habitat résidentiel-chalet 0.20 | 225 | 0.28 km² | 63.1% |
| Zone d'affectation différée | 107 | 0.11 km² | 8.4% |
| Zone d'habitat collectif 0.70 | 105 | 0.10 km² | 48.6% |
| Zone résidentielle chalet 0.40 | 99 | 0.06 km² | 39.4% |
| Zone d'habitat résidentiel - villa de plaine 0.3 à aménager | 97 | 0.06 km² | 51.5% |
| Other zones (26 labels) | 619 | 4.81 km² | 44.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’299 buildings with 3’207 dwellings here; 1’378 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’299
- Dwellings
- 3’207
- Single-family houses
- 1’378
- Building volume
- 2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Chalais
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