Chamoson
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6022
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Chamoson centerThe parcel data lists 9’385 parcels in Chamoson, covering 32.5 km². 23.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 575 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 9’385
- 1.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 32.5 km²
- 0.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 575 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 23.6%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1985
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Chamoson
Chamoson ranks 16th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 1.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.9% of its area. The median parcel in Chamoson measures 575 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Chamoson is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 23.6% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole 1 viticole (41.4%), Zone agricole I viticole protégée (15.4%) and zone chalets (8.6%). In total, Chamoson uses 33 zone designations.
According to the building register, Chamoson has 3’108 buildings with 2’898 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (80.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 37.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (19% of them), and 32.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1985, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’212 (23.6%)
Unbuilt: 7’173 (76.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole 1 viticole | 3’885 | 4.06 km² | 2.9% |
| Zone agricole I viticole protégée | 1’445 | 0.44 km² | 1.1% |
| zone chalets | 803 | 0.87 km² | 65.1% |
| zone centre village | 670 | 0.12 km² | 54.0% |
| zone faible densité | 444 | 0.38 km² | 75.5% |
| Aire forestière | 381 | 2.70 km² | 13.4% |
| zone moyenne densité | 337 | 0.30 km² | 68.2% |
| zone extension village | 306 | 0.16 km² | 57.8% |
| Zone faible densité de montagne | 262 | 0.31 km² | 70.6% |
| Zone agricole 1 | 204 | 1.17 km² | 16.2% |
| Zone agricole 2 | 178 | 0.63 km² | 21.3% |
| Zone agricole II protégée | 84 | 0.14 km² | 14.3% |
| Other zones (21 labels) | 314 | 20.97 km² | 29.3% |
| No zone | 72 | 0.21 km² | 63.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’108 buildings with 2’898 dwellings here; 1’417 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’108
- Dwellings
- 2’898
- Single-family houses
- 1’417
- Building volume
- 2.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Chamoson
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Chamoson. 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.