Vals
Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3603
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Vals centerThe parcel data lists 1’777 parcels in Vals, covering 175.6 km². 22.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 799 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’777
- 0.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 175.6 km²
- 2.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 799 m²
- Canton: 1’110 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 22.3%
- Canton: 38.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1965
- Switzerland: 1975
About Vals
Vals ranks 44th of 100 municipalities in the canton of Graubünden by number of parcels and holds 0.8% of the canton's parcels on 2.5% of its area. The median parcel in Vals measures 799 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’110 m². Vals is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 22.3% of its parcels have a building, against 38.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 1 (35%), Wohnzone 3 (12%) and Dorfkernzone (11.1%). In total, Vals uses 21 zone designations.
According to the building register, Vals has 1’407 buildings with 1’153 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 52.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 62.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (24% of them), and 14.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 396 (22.3%)
Unbuilt: 1’381 (77.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 622 | 62.21 km² | 1.1% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 214 | 0.12 km² | 54.2% |
| Dorfkernzone | 198 | 0.06 km² | 50.5% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 148 | 68.18 km² | 8.1% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 118 | 7.04 km² | 13.6% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 111 | 0.07 km² | 68.5% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 92 | 0.04 km² | 29.3% |
| Waldzone | 67 | 8.74 km² | 6.0% |
| Wald | 36 | 15.46 km² | 5.6% |
| Gewerbezone | 34 | 0.04 km² | 5.9% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 28 | 0.03 km² | 17.9% |
| Tourismuszone | 20 | 0.03 km² | 30.0% |
| Other zones (9 labels) | 89 | 13.54 km² | 25.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’407 buildings with 1’153 dwellings here; 223 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’407
- Dwellings
- 1’153
- Single-family houses
- 223
- Building volume
- 1.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Vals
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Vals. 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.