Bovernier
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6131
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Bovernier centerThe parcel data lists 2’281 parcels in Bovernier, covering 13.1 km². 32.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 585 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’281
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 13.1 km²
- 0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 585 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 32.9%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 2013
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Bovernier
Bovernier ranks 90th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Bovernier measures 585 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Bovernier is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 32.9% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole protégée (25.6%), Aire forestière (23.5%) and Zone d'affectation différée (11%). In total, Bovernier uses 17 zone designations.
According to the building register, Bovernier has 950 buildings with 588 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (77.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 56.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2011 to 2020 (49.1% of them), and 55.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 2013, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 750 (32.9%)
Unbuilt: 1’531 (67.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole protégée | 584 | 0.39 km² | 25.3% |
| Aire forestière | 535 | 7.88 km² | 6.7% |
| Zone d'affectation différée | 252 | 0.26 km² | 27.0% |
| Zone village | 204 | 0.05 km² | 69.6% |
| Zone habitation faible densité | 191 | 0.11 km² | 62.8% |
| Zone agricole | 170 | 0.27 km² | 29.4% |
| Zone chalet | 117 | 0.11 km² | 60.7% |
| Zone extension village | 53 | 0.02 km² | 54.7% |
| Zone habitation moyenne densité | 41 | 0.02 km² | 68.3% |
| Zone mixte artisanale, commerciale et d'habitat | 37 | 0.05 km² | 67.6% |
| Zone inculte | 26 | 3.78 km² | 15.4% |
| Zone de constructions et d'installations publiques B | 15 | 0.02 km² | 20.0% |
| Other zones (5 labels) | 36 | 0.07 km² | 27.8% |
| No zone | 20 | 0.02 km² | 80.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 950 buildings with 588 dwellings here; 317 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 950
- Dwellings
- 588
- Single-family houses
- 317
- Building volume
- 390’749 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Bovernier
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Bovernier. 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.