Silvaplana
Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3790
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Silvaplana centerThe parcel data lists 1’051 parcels in Silvaplana, covering 44.8 km². 35.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’265 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’051
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 44.8 km²
- 0.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’265 m²
- Canton: 1’110 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 35.8%
- Canton: 38.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1965
- Switzerland: 1975
About Silvaplana
Silvaplana ranks 72nd of 100 municipalities in the canton of Graubünden by number of parcels and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.6% of its area. The median parcel in Silvaplana measures 1’265 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’110 m². Silvaplana is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 35.8% of its parcels have a building, against 38.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (38%), Übriges Gemeindegebiet (10.3%) and Forstwirtschaftszone (5.1%). In total, Silvaplana uses 33 zone designations.
According to the building register, Silvaplana has 506 buildings with 2’525 dwellings, 5.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings hold several dwellings: single-family houses make up only 23.5% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 17.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (34.6% of them), and 18.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1965).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 376 (35.8%)
Unbuilt: 675 (64.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 399 | 17.68 km² | 6.8% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 108 | 21.21 km² | 19.4% |
| Forstwirtschaftszone | 54 | 2.87 km² | 13.0% |
| Alter Dorfteil Silvaplana und Champfèr | 52 | 0.02 km² | 69.2% |
| Wohnzone V, Erschliessungsetappe 2 | 45 | 0.08 km² | 4.4% |
| Dorfkernzone Silvaplana und Champfèr | 43 | 0.04 km² | 90.7% |
| Bauzone mit rechtsgültiger Quartierplanung III | 40 | 0.06 km² | 80.0% |
| Wohnzone II | 39 | 0.07 km² | 79.5% |
| Bauzone mit rechtsgültiger Quartierplanung IV | 37 | 0.05 km² | 91.9% |
| Bauzone mit rechtsgültiger Quartierplanung I | 33 | 0.03 km² | 81.8% |
| Wohnzone V | 31 | 0.05 km² | 22.6% |
| Grundnutzungsflächen mit nicht vorbehaltloser Genehmigung | 18 | 0.02 km² | 88.9% |
| Other zones (21 labels) | 152 | 2.59 km² | 63.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 506 buildings with 2’525 dwellings here; 85 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 506
- Dwellings
- 2’525
- Single-family houses
- 85
- Building volume
- 1.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Silvaplana
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Silvaplana. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.