Bellwald
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6052
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Bellwald centerThe parcel data lists 2’463 parcels in Bellwald, covering 13.9 km². 42.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 558 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’463
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 13.9 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 558 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 42.8%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1976
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Bellwald
Bellwald ranks 86th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in Bellwald measures 558 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Bellwald is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 42.8% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (Erschliessungsstand b) (29.6%), Ladwirtschaftszone 2 (22.1%) and Dorfzone (Erschliessungsstand a) (11.4%). In total, Bellwald uses 26 zone designations.
According to the building register, Bellwald has 1’243 buildings with 1’245 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 38.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (27.9% of them), and 14.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1976, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’053 (42.8%)
Unbuilt: 1’410 (57.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 (Erschliessungsstand b) | 728 | 0.48 km² | 63.2% |
| Ladwirtschaftszone 2 | 544 | 1.70 km² | 19.7% |
| Dorfzone (Erschliessungsstand a) | 280 | 0.05 km² | 65.0% |
| Ladwirtschaftszone 1 | 217 | 0.52 km² | 22.1% |
| WALD | 181 | 1.64 km² | 13.8% |
| Wohnzone W3 (Erschliessungsstand b) | 78 | 0.07 km² | 71.8% |
| Gewerbezone G (Erschliessungsstand b) | 65 | 0.03 km² | 26.2% |
| Wohnzone W2 Speziell (Erschliessungsstand b) | 60 | 0.04 km² | 76.7% |
| Wohnzone W3 Speziell (Erschliessungsstand b) | 59 | 0.04 km² | 45.8% |
| Wald | 56 | 0.13 km² | 10.7% |
| Wohnzone W2 (Erschliessungsstand b) - voir eremarque | 41 | 0.05 km² | 26.8% |
| Ladwirtschaftszone/Weidwald | 25 | 5.85 km² | 52.0% |
| Other zones (14 labels) | 104 | 3.26 km² | 39.4% |
| No zone | 25 | 0.02 km² | 56.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’243 buildings with 1’245 dwellings here; 544 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’243
- Dwellings
- 1’245
- Single-family houses
- 544
- Building volume
- 654’168 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Bellwald
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Bellwald. 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.