Binn
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6054
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Binn centerThe parcel data lists 1’627 parcels in Binn, covering 65.1 km². 25.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 772 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’627
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 65.1 km²
- 1.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 772 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 25.8%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1910
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Binn
Binn ranks 105th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels on 1.7% of its area. The median parcel in Binn measures 772 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Binn is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 25.8% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (29%), Dorfzone (12.6%) and Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone von lokaler Bedeutung (11.5%). In total, Binn uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Binn has 431 buildings with 275 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (70.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 52.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (62.1% of them), and 3.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1910, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 419 (25.8%)
Unbuilt: 1’208 (74.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 472 | 1.13 km² | 17.8% |
| Dorfzone | 205 | 0.03 km² | 71.2% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone von lokaler Bedeutung | 187 | 0.18 km² | 6.4% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone von regionaler Bedeutung | 179 | 0.27 km² | 17.9% |
| Wald | 176 | 4.69 km² | 10.2% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftzone von kantonaler Bedeutung | 105 | 0.36 km² | 11.4% |
| Dorferweiterungszone | 90 | 0.03 km² | 32.2% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 64 | 44.45 km² | 28.1% |
| Alpen | 56 | 13.78 km² | 26.8% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 18 | 0.01 km² | 66.7% |
| Wohnzone W2L | 13 | 0.02 km² | 30.8% |
| Erhaltungszone | 11 | < 0.01 km² | 45.5% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 31 | 0.07 km² | 61.3% |
| No zone | 20 | 0.02 km² | 65.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 431 buildings with 275 dwellings here; 135 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 431
- Dwellings
- 275
- Single-family houses
- 135
- Building volume
- 205’404 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Binn
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Binn. 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.