Saxon
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6141
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 Saxon may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 5’562 parcels in Saxon, covering 22.1 km². 38.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 933 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 5’562
- 1% of the canton
- Total area
- 22.1 km²
0.8% of the canton
- Median area
- 933 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 38.4%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 2008
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Saxon
Saxon is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zone agricole de coteau (34.4%), Zone agricole de plaine (17.4%) and Zone chalets (9.6%).
According to the building register, Saxon has 3’346 buildings with 4’136 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 44.7% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 2011 to 2020 (39.4%), and on 55.4% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 2008.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’137 (38.4%)Unbuilt: 3’425 (61.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole de coteau | 1’913 | 3.28 km² | 8.3% |
| Zone agricole de plaine | 967 | 2.56 km² | 13.0% |
| Zone chalets | 534 | 0.68 km² | 64.2% |
| Zone moyenne densité | 485 | 0.52 km² | 85.8% |
| Zone coteau | 343 | 0.28 km² | 76.4% |
| Zone village | 307 | 0.09 km² | 62.5% |
| Zone forte densité | 271 | 0.31 km² | 87.8% |
| Aire forestière | 146 | 13.33 km² | 15.1% |
| Zone faible densité | 143 | 0.12 km² | 88.1% |
| Zone centre | 95 | 0.08 km² | 74.7% |
| Zone mixte artisanale et d'habitations "Quiess-Avouillat" | 87 | 0.14 km² | 81.6% |
| Zone d'affectation différée | 73 | 0.16 km² | 17.8% |
| Other zones (16 labels) | 198 | 0.55 km² | 49.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’346 buildings with 4’136 dwellings here; 1’330 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’346
- Dwellings
- 4’136
- Single-family houses
- 1’330
- Building volume
- 3.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Saxon
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Saxon. 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.
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