Ardon
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6021
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Ardon centerThe parcel data lists 4’165 parcels in Ardon, covering 20.4 km². 31.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 600 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’165
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 20.4 km²
- 0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 600 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 31.3%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Ardon
Ardon ranks 51st of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.7% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Ardon measures 600 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Ardon is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 31.3% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole de pâturages, vignes, cultures (37.5%), Zone agricole protégée (16.7%) and Zone du centre du village (13.6%). In total, Ardon uses 21 zone designations.
According to the building register, Ardon has 1’733 buildings with 2’002 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (70.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 48.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (12.7% of them), and 26.2% 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: 1’304 (31.3%)
Unbuilt: 2’861 (68.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole de pâturages, vignes, cultures | 1’562 | 3.12 km² | 7.6% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 697 | 0.25 km² | 2.7% |
| Zone du centre du village | 568 | 0.10 km² | 60.0% |
| Zone résidentielle 0.30 | 538 | 0.50 km² | 82.7% |
| Zone d'habitations collectives 0.60 | 216 | 0.22 km² | 68.5% |
| Aire forestière à titre indicatif | 168 | 2.84 km² | 6.5% |
| Zone mixte résidentielle et artisanale 0.60 | 109 | 0.11 km² | 73.4% |
| Zone extensive du village | 62 | 0.05 km² | 48.4% |
| Zone industrielle 0.80 | 48 | 0.12 km² | 62.5% |
| Inculte | 41 | 12.57 km² | 4.9% |
| Zone agricole d'alpages | 40 | 0.08 km² | 10.0% |
| Zone non affectée | 10 | < 0.01 km² | 10.0% |
| Other zones (9 labels) | 40 | 0.31 km² | 47.5% |
| No zone | 66 | 0.12 km² | 83.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’733 buildings with 2’002 dwellings here; 614 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’733
- Dwellings
- 2’002
- Single-family houses
- 614
- Building volume
- 1.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Ardon
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Ardon. 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.