Anniviers
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6252
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Anniviers centerThe parcel data lists 16’309 parcels in Anniviers, covering 86.4 km². 28.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 397 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 16’309
- 2.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 86.4 km²
- 2.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 397 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 28.6%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Anniviers
Anniviers ranks 8th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 2.6% of the canton's parcels on 2.3% of its area. The median parcel in Anniviers measures 397 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Anniviers is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 28.6% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Aire forestière (25.8%), Zone agricole de pâturage (10%) and Zone agricole de pâturages (5.8%). In total, Anniviers uses 82 zone designations.
According to the building register, Anniviers has 6’346 buildings with 6’179 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (75.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 43.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (18.2% of them), and 14.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 4’666 (28.6%)
Unbuilt: 11’643 (71.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aire forestière | 4’215 | 20.48 km² | 5.4% |
| Zone agricole de pâturage | 1’627 | 0.96 km² | 3.3% |
| Zone agricole de pâturages | 942 | 2.71 km² | 34.4% |
| Zone d'habitation individuelle H40 | 940 | 0.55 km² | 54.4% |
| Zone agricole | 857 | 25.86 km² | 15.6% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 691 | 0.91 km² | 10.3% |
| Zone du centre des villages | 588 | 0.10 km² | 67.3% |
| Zone d'habitations individuelles 0.30 | 568 | 0.59 km² | 66.5% |
| Zone agricole de pâturages et d'alpage | 559 | 0.46 km² | 6.4% |
| Zone de petits chalets 0.30 | 499 | 0.25 km² | 38.7% |
| Zone village | 364 | 0.05 km² | 61.5% |
| Zone d'habitations individuelles 0.30 | 321 | 0.28 km² | 76.0% |
| Other zones (70 labels) | 3’836 | 32.86 km² | 45.8% |
| No zone | 302 | 0.37 km² | 39.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 6’346 buildings with 6’179 dwellings here; 2’442 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 6’346
- Dwellings
- 6’179
- Single-family houses
- 2’442
- Building volume
- 3.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Anniviers
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Anniviers. 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.