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Obergoms

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6076

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

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Canton only partly covered

The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais, so the figures for Obergoms may be incomplete as well.

The parcel data lists 11’324 parcels in Obergoms, covering 48.3 km². 8.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 307 m².

Key figures

Parcels
11’324
2% of the canton
Total area
48.3 km²

1.8% of the canton

Median area
307 m²

Canton: 511 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
8.6%

Canton: 26.2%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1919

Canton: 1980

Switzerland: 1976

About Obergoms

Obergoms is a municipality in the canton of Valais.

Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Landwirtschaftszonen 2. Priorität LZ2 (inkl. Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden) (18.6%), Landwirtschaftszone II (14.7%) and Landwirtschaftszone I / Schutzzone (9.8%).

According to the building register, Obergoms has 1’217 buildings with 1’560 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 44.1% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 49.6% of all buildings.

Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from before 1920 (50.3%), and on 9.5% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1919.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 976 (8.6%)Unbuilt: 10’348 (91.4%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Landwirtschaftszonen 2. Priorität LZ2 (inkl. Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden)2’1093.49 km²2.2%
Landwirtschaftszone II1’6660.73 km²2.8%
Landwirtschaftszone I / Schutzzone1’1140.31 km²0.1%
Landwirtschaftszone 2 "im Gesamtinteresse landwirtschaflich zu nutzen"geschützte7350.38 km²1.2%
Landwirtschaftszone 1 "gut geeignet"geschützte Landwirtschaftszone6660.17 km²0.6%
Landwirtschaftszone I6440.93 km²1.9%
Landwirtschaftszone 1 "gut geeignet"6380.57 km²2.5%
Dorfzone3750.05 km²59.5%
Landwirtschaftszonen 1. Priorität LZ13550.55 km²0.6%
Sport und Erholungszone Zone für Golfsport3290.22 km²2.1%
Landwirtschaftszone 2 "im Gesamtinteresse landwirtschaflich zu nutzen"3150.31 km²4.1%
Landwirtschaftszone II / Schutzzone2230.07 km²0.0%
Other zones (57 labels)2’15540.48 km²27.7%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 1’217 buildings with 1’560 dwellings here; 242 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
1’217
Dwellings
1’560
Single-family houses
242
Building volume
1 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential549
  • Mixed use47
  • Non-residential604
  • Other17

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 1920491
  • 1920-194546
  • 1946-196048
  • 1961-1980119
  • 1981-2000163
  • 2001-201034
  • 2011-202039
  • 2021 and later20
  • Unknown year16

Maps and geodata for Obergoms

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