Eisten
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6282
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Eisten centerThe parcel data lists 2’513 parcels in Eisten, covering 4.9 km². 14.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 421 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’513
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 4.9 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 421 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 14.3%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1919
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Eisten
Eisten ranks 84th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Eisten measures 421 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Eisten is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 14.3% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (43.7%), Wald (24.8%) and Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität (8.8%). In total, Eisten uses 18 zone designations.
According to the building register, Eisten has 394 buildings with 196 dwellings, 0.5 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 43.2% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 69.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (53.5% of them), and 2.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1919, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 359 (14.3%)
Unbuilt: 2’154 (85.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 1’098 | 1.18 km² | 7.7% |
| Wald | 624 | 2.72 km² | 2.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 221 | 0.17 km² | 7.2% |
| Dorfzone | 194 | 0.03 km² | 60.3% |
| Zone mit späterer Nutzungszulassung - Kulturerbe | 108 | 0.02 km² | 52.8% |
| Dorferweiterungszone | 76 | 0.04 km² | 42.1% |
| übriges Gemeindegebiet | 58 | 0.45 km² | 3.4% |
| Zone mit späterer Nutzungszulassung - Gefahren | 28 | 0.01 km² | 57.1% |
| Verkehrszone innerhalb der Bauzone | 26 | 0.02 km² | 23.1% |
| Bauzone 2. Erschliessungsetappe | 25 | 0.01 km² | 4.0% |
| Verkehrszone ausserhalb der Bauzone | 24 | 0.11 km² | 8.3% |
| Nicht zugewiesen | 11 | 0.16 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (6 labels) | 20 | 0.03 km² | 55.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 394 buildings with 196 dwellings here; 51 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 394
- Dwellings
- 196
- Single-family houses
- 51
- Building volume
- 192’626 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Eisten
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Eisten. 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.