Ernen
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6056
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 Ernen may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 5’002 parcels in Ernen, covering 7.3 km². 20.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 514 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 5’002
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 7.3 km²
0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 514 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 20.1%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1919
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Ernen
Ernen is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Landwirtschaftszone 1 (41.9%), Landwirtschaftszone 2 (17.5%) and Dorfzone (9.5%).
According to the building register, Ernen has 1’278 buildings with 1’035 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 58.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 54.5% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from before 1920 (51.9%), and on 6% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1919.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’003 (20.1%)Unbuilt: 3’999 (79.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 2’097 | 2.19 km² | 10.7% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2 | 876 | 1.46 km² | 9.7% |
| Dorfzone | 476 | 0.09 km² | 62.2% |
| Wald | 240 | 1.81 km² | 11.7% |
| Dorferweiterungszone | 226 | 0.12 km² | 32.7% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone | 220 | 0.23 km² | 6.4% |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone W2 | 150 | 0.07 km² | 48.7% |
| Landwirtschaftszone Schutzackerflur | 121 | 0.05 km² | 1.7% |
| Landwirtschaftszone und Weidwald | 120 | 0.39 km² | 20.8% |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone | 85 | 0.04 km² | 50.6% |
| Wohnzone 2 geschossig | 59 | 0.05 km² | 54.2% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 48 | 0.03 km² | 54.2% |
| Other zones (24 labels) | 284 | 0.75 km² | 28.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’278 buildings with 1’035 dwellings here; 328 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’278
- Dwellings
- 1’035
- Single-family houses
- 328
- Building volume
- 616’203 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Ernen
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