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Raron

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6199

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 Raron may be incomplete as well.

The parcel data lists 4’259 parcels in Raron, covering 6.6 km². 13% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 302 m².

Key figures

Parcels
4’259
0.7% of the canton
Total area
6.6 km²

0.2% of the canton

Median area
302 m²

Canton: 511 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
13%

Canton: 26.2%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1975

Canton: 1980

Switzerland: 1976

About Raron

Raron is a municipality in the canton of Valais.

Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Rebbau (33.1%), Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (10%) and Dorfzone (7%).

According to the building register, Raron has 640 buildings with 1’068 dwellings, 1.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (64.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 12.3% of all buildings.

Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1981 to 2000 (26.9%), and on 15.9% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1975.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 554 (13%)Unbuilt: 3’705 (87%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Rebbau1’4110.37 km²0.1%
Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität4240.58 km²1.2%
Dorfzone2990.05 km²38.8%
Wohnzone W32300.14 km²40.4%
Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität2260.38 km²0.9%
Übriges Gemeindegebiet (felsen, Öde, etc.)2190.95 km²3.7%
Wald (provisorisch)1850.35 km²2.2%
Wald (selon vector25)1852.12 km²0.0%
Wohnzone W21710.07 km²35.1%
Wohnzone W41650.15 km²59.4%
Verkehr (Strassen, Wege, Plätze)1010.26 km²4.0%
Wohnzone W3A980.07 km²56.1%
Other zones (27 labels)5451.07 km²19.8%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 640 buildings with 1’068 dwellings here; 323 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
640
Dwellings
1’068
Single-family houses
323
Building volume
1.3 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential501
  • Mixed use22
  • Non-residential79
  • Other38

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192074
  • 1920-194528
  • 1946-196045
  • 1961-1980136
  • 1981-2000149
  • 2001-201037
  • 2011-202034
  • 2021 and later17
  • Unknown year34

Maps and geodata for Raron

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