Vaz/Obervaz
Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3506
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Vaz/Obervaz centerThe parcel data lists 4’725 parcels in Vaz/Obervaz, covering 42.5 km². 38.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’338 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’725
- 2.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 42.5 km²
- 0.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’338 m²
- Canton: 1’110 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 38.7%
- Canton: 38.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1965
- Switzerland: 1975
About Vaz/Obervaz
Vaz/Obervaz ranks 12th of 100 municipalities in the canton of Graubünden by number of parcels and holds 2.1% of the canton's parcels on 0.6% of its area. The median parcel in Vaz/Obervaz measures 1’338 m², larger than the canton median of 1’110 m². Vaz/Obervaz is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 38.7% of its parcels have a building, against 38.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (40.4%), Wohnzone 0.2 (13.3%) and Dorfzone (8.7%). In total, Vaz/Obervaz uses 23 zone designations.
According to the building register, Vaz/Obervaz has 2’026 buildings with 5’831 dwellings, 2.9 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 53.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (33.3% of them), and 17.5% 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: 1’828 (38.7%)
Unbuilt: 2’897 (61.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’909 | 23.53 km² | 10.6% |
| Wohnzone 0.2 | 627 | 0.72 km² | 80.9% |
| Dorfzone | 411 | 0.22 km² | 70.1% |
| Wohnzone 0.15 | 313 | 0.29 km² | 79.2% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 288 | 0.93 km² | 9.0% |
| Wald | 269 | 6.44 km² | 10.4% |
| Forstwirtschaftszone | 217 | 9.33 km² | 3.2% |
| Wohnzone 0.3 | 197 | 0.22 km² | 80.7% |
| Wohnzone 0.5 | 114 | 0.21 km² | 79.8% |
| Kernzone | 97 | 0.11 km² | 82.5% |
| Wohnzone 0.4 | 62 | 0.10 km² | 83.9% |
| Dorferweiterungszone 0.6 | 60 | 0.04 km² | 60.0% |
| Other zones (11 labels) | 161 | 0.38 km² | 64.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’026 buildings with 5’831 dwellings here; 956 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’026
- Dwellings
- 5’831
- Single-family houses
- 956
- Building volume
- 3.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Vaz/Obervaz
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Vaz/Obervaz. 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.