Monthey
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6153
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Monthey center
Canton only partly covered
The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais, so the figures for Monthey may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 4’571 parcels in Monthey, covering 27.7 km². 63.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’050 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’571
- 0.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 27.7 km²
1% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’050 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 63.1%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1998
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Monthey
Monthey is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are zone habitation faible densité A (R2) (15.3%), zone habitation faible densité B (R1) (15%) and Aire forestière (14.8%).
According to the building register, Monthey has 4’648 buildings with 9’845 dwellings, 2.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (62.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 41.5% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 2011 to 2020 (30.2%), and on 44.7% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1998.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’886 (63.1%)Unbuilt: 1’685 (36.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| zone habitation faible densité A (R2) | 701 | 0.74 km² | 78.0% |
| zone habitation faible densité B (R1) | 684 | 0.81 km² | 76.9% |
| Aire forestière | 677 | 11.03 km² | 11.2% |
| zone habitation faible densité de montagne (M1) | 432 | 0.56 km² | 75.0% |
| zone habitation faible densité (R3) | 260 | 0.24 km² | 90.8% |
| zone habitation forte densité A (R8) | 244 | 0.28 km² | 79.9% |
| zone centre | 217 | 0.10 km² | 76.5% |
| Zone agricole 2 | 167 | 2.01 km² | 43.1% |
| zone habitation moyenne densité C (R6) | 164 | 0.24 km² | 84.1% |
| zone industrielle (A1) | 116 | 1.23 km² | 69.0% |
| zone habitation forte densité B (R7) | 103 | 0.16 km² | 88.3% |
| Zone constructions et installations d'intérêt public A | 87 | 0.46 km² | 57.5% |
| Other zones (38 labels) | 719 | 9.89 km² | 53.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 4’648 buildings with 9’845 dwellings here; 1’652 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 4’648
- Dwellings
- 9’845
- Single-family houses
- 1’652
- Building volume
- 8.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Monthey
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