Zermatt
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6300
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Zermatt center
Canton only partly covered
The parcel data covers only about 51% of the area of the canton of Valais, so the figures for Zermatt may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 5’922 parcels in Zermatt, covering 5.3 km². 27.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 463 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 5’922
- 1% of the canton
- Total area
- 5.3 km²
0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 463 m²
Canton: 511 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 27.8%
Canton: 26.2%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1980
Switzerland: 1976
About Zermatt
Zermatt is a municipality in the canton of Valais.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are LANDWIRTSCHAFTSZONEN 2 (37.6%), Zone 2 (11.9%) and DORFZONE A (7.6%).
According to the building register, Zermatt has 1’913 buildings with 7’895 dwellings, 4.1 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 31.8% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 19.7% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1961 to 1980 (20.6%), and on 20.1% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1975.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’644 (27.8%)Unbuilt: 4’278 (72.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANDWIRTSCHAFTSZONEN 2 | 2’225 | 2.24 km² | 3.5% |
| Zone 2 | 706 | 0.48 km² | 51.4% |
| DORFZONE A | 453 | 0.05 km² | 60.5% |
| Kernzone K | 402 | 0.21 km² | 69.2% |
| Zone 1 | 394 | 0.26 km² | 70.6% |
| Wald und Baumbestände W | 221 | 0.45 km² | 4.1% |
| ÜBRIGES GEMEINDEGEBIET | 212 | 0.49 km² | 4.7% |
| Erhaltungszonen | 181 | 0.04 km² | 16.0% |
| FERIENHAUSZONE-WEILER | 171 | 0.13 km² | 30.4% |
| VERKEHR | 161 | 0.14 km² | 11.2% |
| Wald gemäss homologiertem Waldkadaster | 93 | 0.18 km² | 4.3% |
| DORFZONE-WEILER | 82 | 0.01 km² | 34.1% |
| Other zones (46 labels) | 621 | 0.61 km² | 36.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’913 buildings with 7’895 dwellings here; 415 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’913
- Dwellings
- 7’895
- Single-family houses
- 415
- Building volume
- 3.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Zermatt
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