Lax
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6061
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 Lax may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 1’014 parcels in Lax, covering 5.4 km². 32.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 524 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’014
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 5.4 km²
0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 524 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 32.5%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Lax
Lax is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Landwirtschaftszonen / Weidwald (24.4%), Landwirtschaftszone (21%) and Dorfzone (13%).
According to the building register, Lax has 387 buildings with 471 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 42.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 46.8% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1961 to 1980 (46.7%), and on 19.4% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1975.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 330 (32.5%)Unbuilt: 684 (67.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszonen / Weidwald | 247 | 1.82 km² | 18.2% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 213 | 0.34 km² | 16.4% |
| Dorfzone | 132 | 0.03 km² | 61.4% |
| Ferienhauszone | 114 | 0.12 km² | 48.2% |
| Verkehrsanlagen | 59 | 0.16 km² | 6.8% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 59 | 0.04 km² | 45.8% |
| Dorferweiterungszone | 52 | 0.03 km² | 57.7% |
| Zone für Touristische Bauten | 28 | 0.02 km² | 7.1% |
| Ferienhauszone Zillwald | 27 | < 0.01 km² | 96.3% |
| Wald | 25 | 2.35 km² | 4.0% |
| Industrie- und Gewerbezone | 19 | 0.03 km² | 36.8% |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG4 | 15 | 0.01 km² | 60.0% |
| Other zones (7 labels) | 24 | 0.46 km² | 33.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 387 buildings with 471 dwellings here; 83 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 387
- Dwellings
- 471
- Single-family houses
- 83
- Building volume
- 297’623 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Lax
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