Chippis
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6235
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Chippis centerThe parcel data lists 825 parcels in Chippis, covering 2 km². 50.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 457 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 825
- 0.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 2 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 457 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 50.4%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Chippis
Chippis ranks 120th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.1% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Chippis measures 457 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Chippis is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 50.4% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone village (17.9%), Forêts (14.2%) and Zone moyenne densité (13.3%). In total, Chippis uses 18 zone designations.
According to the building register, Chippis has 547 buildings with 794 dwellings, 1.5 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 48% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 47.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2011 to 2020 (30.8% of them), and 38.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 416 (50.4%)
Unbuilt: 409 (49.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone village | 148 | 0.02 km² | 53.4% |
| Forêts | 117 | 0.89 km² | 4.3% |
| Zone moyenne densité | 110 | 0.06 km² | 65.5% |
| Zone faible densité | 88 | 0.05 km² | 69.3% |
| Zone de centre | 65 | 0.03 km² | 70.8% |
| Zone résidentielle | 59 | 0.04 km² | 62.7% |
| Zone agricole | 52 | 0.08 km² | 15.4% |
| Zone industrielle | 24 | 0.14 km² | 45.8% |
| Zone équipements publics | 22 | 0.03 km² | 54.5% |
| Zone constructions agricoles | 18 | 0.01 km² | 22.2% |
| Zone faible densité différére | 17 | 0.01 km² | 58.8% |
| Zone faible densité à aménager | 14 | 0.02 km² | 78.6% |
| Other zones (6 labels) | 37 | 0.50 km² | 59.5% |
| No zone | 54 | 0.09 km² | 70.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 547 buildings with 794 dwellings here; 131 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 547
- Dwellings
- 794
- Single-family houses
- 131
- Building volume
- 970’348 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Chippis
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Chippis. 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.