Varen
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6116
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 Varen may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 3’177 parcels in Varen, covering 3.3 km². 16.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 426 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’177
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.3 km²
0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 426 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 16.3%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1964
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Varen
Varen is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Rebbau (46.1%), Landwirtschaftzone 2. Priorität (11.2%) and Wohnzone W2A (8.6%).
According to the building register, Varen has 627 buildings with 458 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (66.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 53.1% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1920 to 1945 (25.9%), and on 14.9% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1964.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 518 (16.3%)Unbuilt: 2’659 (83.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebbau | 1’466 | 1.24 km² | 2.0% |
| Landwirtschaftzone 2. Priorität | 357 | 0.43 km² | 4.2% |
| Wohnzone W2A | 272 | 0.09 km² | 56.3% |
| Dorfzone | 265 | 0.02 km² | 69.4% |
| Wald (provisorisch) | 255 | 0.47 km² | 1.6% |
| Verkehr (Strassen, Wege, Plätze) | 158 | 0.17 km² | 9.5% |
| Baumbestände, Hecken, Feldgehölz | 146 | 0.47 km² | 4.8% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 102 | 0.07 km² | 54.9% |
| Ferienhauszone nach QP (Quartierplan) | 51 | 0.04 km² | 62.7% |
| Öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 19 | 0.02 km² | 36.8% |
| Zone mit unbestimmter Nutzung | 16 | 0.02 km² | 0.0% |
| - | 14 | 0.16 km² | 7.1% |
| Other zones (11 labels) | 56 | 0.09 km² | 25.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 627 buildings with 458 dwellings here; 181 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 627
- Dwellings
- 458
- Single-family houses
- 181
- Building volume
- 400’445 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Varen
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