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Vex

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6089

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

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Canton only partly covered

The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais, so the figures for Vex may be incomplete as well.

The parcel data lists 5’820 parcels in Vex, covering 12.4 km². 27.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 739 m².

Key figures

Parcels
5’820
1% of the canton
Total area
12.4 km²

0.5% of the canton

Median area
739 m²

Canton: 511 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
27.2%

Canton: 26.2%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1993

Canton: 1980

Switzerland: 1976

About Vex

Vex is a municipality in the canton of Valais.

Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zone agricole protégée (19.6%), Aire forestière (13.7%) and Zone agricole I (9.9%).

According to the building register, Vex has 2’077 buildings with 2’829 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (77.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 39.7% of all buildings.

Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 2011 to 2020 (27.2%), and on 37.3% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1993.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 1’581 (27.2%)Unbuilt: 4’239 (72.8%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Zone agricole protégée1’1381.15 km²6.1%
Aire forestière7976.63 km²3.4%
Zone agricole I5780.51 km²5.4%
Zone agricole II4920.97 km²15.7%
Zone village4770.07 km²59.7%
Zone habitation faible densité B - Vex (0.20)3490.28 km²48.7%
Zone habitation faible densité D - Les Mayens de Sion (0.10)2730.52 km²65.6%
Zone habitation faible densité C - Vex (0.20)2000.19 km²60.0%
Zone habitation faible densité E - Les Collons (0.20)1990.25 km²71.4%
Zone de transport1810.59 km²11.0%
Zone habitation faible densité A - Vex (0.25)1380.09 km²40.6%
Zone habitation forte densité C - Les Collons (0.60)1350.16 km²79.3%
Other zones (25 labels)8630.98 km²34.5%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 2’077 buildings with 2’829 dwellings here; 958 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
2’077
Dwellings
2’829
Single-family houses
958
Building volume
1.4 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential1’231
  • Mixed use19
  • Non-residential824
  • Other3

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 1920138
  • 1920-194554
  • 1946-196052
  • 1961-1980344
  • 1981-2000308
  • 2001-2010130
  • 2011-2020430
  • 2021 and later30
  • Unknown year95

Maps and geodata for Vex

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