Albinen
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6102
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Albinen centerThe parcel data lists 3’521 parcels in Albinen, covering 3.7 km². 16.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 345 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’521
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.7 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 345 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 16.2%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1900
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Albinen
Albinen ranks 63rd of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Albinen measures 345 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Albinen is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 16.2% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (40%), Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität (30%) and Dorfkernzone (8.1%). In total, Albinen uses 18 zone designations.
According to the building register, Albinen has 613 buildings with 503 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (78.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 44.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (71.3% of them), and 3.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1900, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 572 (16.2%)
Unbuilt: 2’949 (83.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 1’409 | 1.48 km² | 7.3% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 1’056 | 0.65 km² | 4.2% |
| Dorfkernzone | 284 | 0.03 km² | 70.4% |
| Wald | 172 | 1.16 km² | 7.0% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 160 | 0.08 km² | 31.9% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 136 | 0.06 km² | 38.2% |
| Weilerschutzzone | 113 | 0.01 km² | 66.4% |
| Wohnzone W1 | 76 | 0.01 km² | 11.8% |
| Verbauungs- und Aufforstungszonen | 37 | 0.11 km² | 5.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2 / Stallbauzone | 16 | 0.01 km² | 25.0% |
| Wohnzone W2 Spezial | 16 | < 0.01 km² | 18.8% |
| Zone für Öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 10 | 0.01 km² | 30.0% |
| Other zones (6 labels) | 18 | 0.11 km² | 22.2% |
| No zone | 18 | 0.01 km² | 55.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 613 buildings with 503 dwellings here; 252 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 613
- Dwellings
- 503
- Single-family houses
- 252
- Building volume
- 299’871 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Albinen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Albinen. 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.