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Canton of Valais

Canton · 122 municipalities with parcel data

Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.

The parcel data lists 638’876 parcels in the canton of Valais, covering 3’752 km². 26% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 518 m².

Key figures

Parcels
638’876
16.4% of Switzerland
Total area
3’752 km²
10% of Switzerland
Median area
518 m²
Switzerland: 881 m²
Built share
26%
Switzerland: 51%
Median year built
1980
Switzerland: 1975

About the canton of Valais

The canton of Valais has the most parcels of the 25 cantons with largely complete parcel data and ranks 3rd by total parcel area. Of its 122 municipalities with parcel data, Goms (21’239), Val de Bagnes (20’398) and Savièse (20’123) have the most parcels, which together hold 9.7% of the canton's parcels.

The median parcel in the canton measures 518 m², smaller than the Swiss median of 881 m². The canton is less built-up than Switzerland as a whole: 26% of its parcels have a building, against 51% nationwide. Among its municipalities with at least 500 parcels, Champéry has the highest share of built parcels (63.3%) and Ferden the lowest (4.8%). Massongex has the largest median parcel (1’361 m²) and Steg-Hohtenn the smallest (267 m²).

According to the building register, a building in the canton holds 1.4 dwellings on average, against 1.5 across Switzerland. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.3%, against 63.6% across Switzerland). Non-residential buildings account for 39.1% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (17.1% of them), and 24.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1980, is close to that of Switzerland as a whole (1975).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 166’006 (26%)

Unbuilt: 472’870 (74%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcelsAreaBuilt
Aire forestière35’396385.57 km²8.6%
Zone agricole33’457165.54 km²9.9%
Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität22’21159.00 km²8.4%
Zone agricole protégée18’43329.00 km²6.1%
Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität14’72513.68 km²6.6%
Wald13’120120.98 km²7.1%
Zone agricole 211’375227.50 km²12.4%
Landwirtschaftszone 110’56412.38 km²6.8%
Wohnzone W29’9896.18 km²49.7%
Dorfzone9’8471.41 km²48.3%
Zone viticole protégée9’4554.66 km²3.0%
Pature, fauche8’2849.71 km²5.7%
Other zones (2’155 labels)415’4342’591.91 km²31.9%
No zone26’586124.30 km²36.5%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 204’456 buildings with 282’073 dwellings here; 79’252 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
204’456
Dwellings
282’073
Single-family houses
79’252
Building volume
231.4 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential117’785
  • Mixed use4’403
  • Non-residential79’844
  • Other2’424

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building

  • Before 192022’464
  • 1920-19458’900
  • 1946-19609’853
  • 1961-198028’397
  • 1981-200028’027
  • 2001-201011’567
  • 2011-202024’715
  • 2021 and later4’203
  • Unknown year27’880

Maps and geodata for the canton of Valais

geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for the canton of Valais. 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.

Municipalities in the canton of Valais

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