St. Niklaus
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6292
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the St. Niklaus center
Canton only partly covered
The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais, so the figures for St. Niklaus may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 6’718 parcels in St. Niklaus, covering 7.3 km². 15.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 496 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 6’718
- 1.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 7.3 km²
0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 496 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 15.3%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About St. Niklaus
St. Niklaus is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (27.4%), Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden (14%) and Wohnzone 2 (14%).
According to the building register, St. Niklaus has 2’553 buildings with 1’648 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 56.8% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 63.6% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1981 to 2000 (31.2%), and on 10.4% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1975.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’027 (15.3%)Unbuilt: 5’691 (84.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 1’842 | 2.14 km² | 3.7% |
| Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden | 942 | 0.84 km² | 11.9% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 941 | 0.58 km² | 41.8% |
| Wald | 771 | 1.58 km² | 1.3% |
| Dorfzone | 379 | 0.06 km² | 21.9% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 378 | 0.36 km² | 2.1% |
| Dorfkernzone | 245 | 0.03 km² | 38.8% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 238 | 0.10 km² | 43.3% |
| Verkehrszone innerhalb der Bauzone | 223 | 0.30 km² | 1.3% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 163 | 0.10 km² | 38.7% |
| Bauzone 2. Erschliessungsetappe | 104 | 0.10 km² | 3.8% |
| Zone mit späterer Nutzungszulassung | 88 | 0.09 km² | 30.7% |
| Other zones (20 labels) | 404 | 1.03 km² | 14.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’553 buildings with 1’648 dwellings here; 502 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’553
- Dwellings
- 1’648
- Single-family houses
- 502
- Building volume
- 1.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for St. Niklaus
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