Salvan
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6218
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 Salvan may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 6’855 parcels in Salvan, covering 51.1 km². 16.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 325 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 6’855
- 1.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 51.1 km²
1.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 325 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 16.5%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Salvan
Salvan is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zone de l'aire forestière (35.3%), Zone agricole (17.8%) and Zone agricole protégée (12.9%).
According to the building register, Salvan has 1’627 buildings with 1’425 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (79.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 39.8% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 2011 to 2020 (26.7%), and on 30.3% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1975.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’130 (16.5%)Unbuilt: 5’725 (83.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone de l'aire forestière | 2’422 | 28.73 km² | 1.6% |
| Zone agricole | 1’219 | 20.63 km² | 2.3% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 881 | 0.44 km² | 2.7% |
| zone de village | 786 | 0.24 km² | 65.1% |
| zone d'habitation de faible densité - 1 | 280 | 0.15 km² | 43.2% |
| zone d'extension de village | 202 | 0.06 km² | 23.3% |
| zone d'habitation de faible densité - 2 | 198 | 0.13 km² | 53.5% |
| Zone agricole protégée à aménager | 185 | 0.13 km² | 0.5% |
| zone mixte touristique d'intérêt général, de détente, résidentielle et commercia | 112 | 0.03 km² | 2.7% |
| zone d'habitation de moyenne densité | 94 | 0.07 km² | 37.2% |
| Zone non affectée provisoirement | 81 | 0.04 km² | 67.9% |
| zone d'habitation de faible densité - 2 à aménager | 68 | 0.05 km² | 39.7% |
| Other zones (20 labels) | 327 | 0.40 km² | 40.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’627 buildings with 1’425 dwellings here; 761 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’627
- Dwellings
- 1’425
- Single-family houses
- 761
- Building volume
- 895’411 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Salvan
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