Grächen
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6285
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Grächen center
Canton only partly covered
The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais, so the figures for Grächen may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 2’938 parcels in Grächen, covering 3.7 km². 25.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 534 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’938
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.7 km²
0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 534 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 25.8%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Grächen
Grächen is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Wohn- und Ferienhauszone W1 (2. Erschliessungsetappe) (16.4%), Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (15.7%) and Wohnzone W2 (11.9%).
According to the building register, Grächen has 1’509 buildings with 2’182 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 44.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 47.7% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1961 to 1980 (47%), and on 8.7% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1975.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 757 (25.8%)Unbuilt: 2’181 (74.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone W1 (2. Erschliessungsetappe) | 481 | 0.40 km² | 32.8% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 462 | 0.79 km² | 6.1% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 351 | 0.21 km² | 47.9% |
| Dorfzone D | 333 | 0.08 km² | 29.1% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 236 | 0.13 km² | 51.3% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 221 | 0.41 km² | 4.1% |
| Wald hinweisender Charakter gemäss Luftbildauswertung | 153 | 0.71 km² | 1.3% |
| Wohnzone W2 (2. Erschliessungsetappe) | 144 | 0.14 km² | 24.3% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 97 | 0.37 km² | 2.1% |
| Verkehrszone (Strassen, Wege, Plätze) VZ | 90 | 0.11 km² | 2.2% |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone W1 | 74 | 0.04 km² | 64.9% |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone W1 Eplus (Energie) | 59 | 0.06 km² | 11.9% |
| Other zones (13 labels) | 237 | 0.24 km² | 33.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’509 buildings with 2’182 dwellings here; 334 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’509
- Dwellings
- 2’182
- Single-family houses
- 334
- Building volume
- 1.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Grächen
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