Simplon
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6009
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Simplon center
Canton only partly covered
The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais, so the figures for Simplon may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 1’731 parcels in Simplon, covering 90.4 km². 26.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’244 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’731
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 90.4 km²
3.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’244 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 26.9%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1987
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Simplon
Simplon is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Landwirtschaftszone 2 (43.6%), Dorfzone D (13.6%) and Landwirtschaftszone 1 (10%).
According to the building register, Simplon has 609 buildings with 481 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (77.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 40.2% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1981 to 2000 (42.9%), and on 5.4% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1987.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 466 (26.9%)Unbuilt: 1’265 (73.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2 | 754 | 34.54 km² | 20.6% |
| Dorfzone D | 235 | 0.04 km² | 34.5% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 173 | 0.75 km² | 16.8% |
| Wald | 166 | 4.14 km² | 19.3% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 80 | 50.56 km² | 6.3% |
| Erhaltungszone | 78 | 0.07 km² | 56.4% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 72 | 0.07 km² | 38.9% |
| Dorfzone D1 | 64 | 0.01 km² | 79.7% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 39 | 0.02 km² | 33.3% |
| Ferienhauszone F1 | 14 | 0.01 km² | 35.7% |
| Zone für Öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 14 | 0.04 km² | 35.7% |
| Zone, deren Nutzung noch nicht bestimmt ist | 11 | < 0.01 km² | 27.3% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 31 | 0.14 km² | 48.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 609 buildings with 481 dwellings here; 245 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 609
- Dwellings
- 481
- Single-family houses
- 245
- Building volume
- 514’697 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Simplon
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