Orsières
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6034
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Orsières center
Canton only partly covered
The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais, so the figures for Orsières may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 7’750 parcels in Orsières, covering 162.7 km². 31.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 919 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 7’750
- 1.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 162.7 km²
6.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 919 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 31.5%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Orsières
Orsières is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zone agricole 2 (24.2%), ZONE CENTRE VILLAGE (17%) and Zone agricole protégée (14.4%).
According to the building register, Orsières has 3’481 buildings with 3’045 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (79.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 43.1% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1981 to 2000 (18.6%), and on 10.7% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1975.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’438 (31.5%)Unbuilt: 5’312 (68.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole 2 | 1’872 | 49.20 km² | 11.3% |
| ZONE CENTRE VILLAGE | 1’318 | 0.32 km² | 58.7% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 1’117 | 4.58 km² | 3.9% |
| Aire forestière | 928 | 33.96 km² | 6.3% |
| ZONE CHALETS DISPERSES | 545 | 0.61 km² | 52.3% |
| ZONE CHALETS DENSES | 430 | 0.35 km² | 70.9% |
| ZONE VILLAS | 307 | 0.17 km² | 40.4% |
| ZONE VIEUX BOURG | 283 | 0.04 km² | 64.7% |
| ZONE VILLAS DENSES | 185 | 0.11 km² | 53.5% |
| ZONE EXTENSION VILLAGE | 161 | 0.06 km² | 46.6% |
| ZONE RESIDENTIELLE | 128 | 0.14 km² | 50.8% |
| ZONE D'INTERET GENERAL A | 95 | 0.12 km² | 32.6% |
| Other zones (20 labels) | 381 | 73.02 km² | 48.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’481 buildings with 3’045 dwellings here; 1’505 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’481
- Dwellings
- 3’045
- Single-family houses
- 1’505
- Building volume
- 2.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Orsières
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Orsières. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.
Explore more data for Orsières
- Building zones and density Orsièresin room
- ÖREB extract Orsièresin lookup
- Building age Orsièresin roots
- Building heights and headroom Orsièresin roofs
- Solar potential Orsièresin soolar
- Points of interest and accessibility Orsièresin scoore
- Tax rates Orsièresin taxoo