Lens
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6240
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 Lens may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 8’121 parcels in Lens, covering 13.7 km². 23.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 598 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 8’121
- 1.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 13.7 km²
0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 598 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 23.6%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Lens
Lens is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are zone agricole (23.1%), ZONE 18/3 Zone des villas familliales 0.30 (13.7%) and zone agricole protégée (11.8%).
According to the building register, Lens has 2’540 buildings with 5’454 dwellings, 2.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (62.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 28.9% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1961 to 1980 (28.4%), and on 23.5% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1975.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’916 (23.6%)Unbuilt: 6’205 (76.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| zone agricole | 1’877 | 1.29 km² | 2.5% |
| ZONE 18/3 Zone des villas familliales 0.30 | 1’116 | 1.02 km² | 52.4% |
| zone agricole protégée | 958 | 0.74 km² | 1.5% |
| Zone agricole | 739 | 3.93 km² | 7.2% |
| ZONE 18/1 Zone du centre des villages | 632 | 0.12 km² | 60.1% |
| Zone 11:Zone destinée à la pratique des activités sportives et récréatives | 525 | 0.50 km² | 2.5% |
| Zone 2A : Zone de l'ordre dispersé-densité 0.40 | 396 | 0.53 km² | 71.7% |
| aire forestière | 275 | 0.43 km² | 0.4% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 268 | 0.23 km² | 0.7% |
| Aire forestière | 228 | 1.95 km² | 1.3% |
| ZONE 18/5 Zone de chalets 0.30 | 149 | 0.22 km² | 62.4% |
| ZONE 18/2 Zone extensive du village 0.40 | 144 | 0.09 km² | 44.4% |
| Other zones (33 labels) | 814 | 2.60 km² | 46.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’540 buildings with 5’454 dwellings here; 1’026 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’540
- Dwellings
- 5’454
- Single-family houses
- 1’026
- Building volume
- 3.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Lens
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