Crans-Montana
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6253
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Crans-Montana centerThe parcel data lists 17’420 parcels in Crans-Montana, covering 59.7 km². 27.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 592 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 17’420
- 2.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 59.7 km²
- 1.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 592 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 27.3%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1985
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana ranks 6th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 2.7% of the canton's parcels on 1.6% of its area. The median parcel in Crans-Montana measures 592 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Crans-Montana is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 27.3% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone 10, agricole (15.2%), ZONE 21 Zone agricole (11.1%) and ZONE 10 Zone agricole (8.5%). In total, Crans-Montana uses 93 zone designations.
According to the building register, Crans-Montana has 5’993 buildings with 12’631 dwellings, 2.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (63.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 31% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (25.2% of them), and 33.6% 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: 4’759 (27.3%)
Unbuilt: 12’661 (72.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 10, agricole | 2’640 | 1.93 km² | 3.3% |
| ZONE 21 Zone agricole | 1’930 | 9.83 km² | 10.1% |
| ZONE 10 Zone agricole | 1’488 | 0.97 km² | 4.1% |
| ZONE 14 Zone d'aire forestière | 1’254 | 6.85 km² | 10.3% |
| Zone 1B, de l'ordre dispersé, densité 0.3 | 973 | 0.83 km² | 55.0% |
| Zone 18, villages et leur extension | 813 | 0.11 km² | 56.6% |
| ZONE 1A Zone d'habitations familiales densité 0.3 | 767 | 0.87 km² | 60.2% |
| Zone agricole | 711 | 4.17 km² | 18.4% |
| ZONE 15 Zone provisoirement non affectée | 514 | 0.31 km² | 0.2% |
| Aire forestière | 450 | 7.19 km² | 15.8% |
| ZONE 1B Densité 0.3 | 389 | 0.30 km² | 43.4% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 378 | 0.41 km² | 6.1% |
| Other zones (81 labels) | 4’909 | 25.45 km² | 47.0% |
| No zone | 204 | 0.42 km² | 63.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 5’993 buildings with 12’631 dwellings here; 2’296 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 5’993
- Dwellings
- 12’631
- Single-family houses
- 2’296
- Building volume
- 7.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Crans-Montana
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Crans-Montana. 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.