Embd
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6283
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Embd centerThe parcel data lists 1’899 parcels in Embd, covering 14 km². 23.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 424 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’899
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 14 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 424 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 23.6%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1942
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Embd
Embd ranks 99th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in Embd measures 424 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Embd 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 Ladwirtschaftszonen 2 (52.6%), Dorfzone (9.8%) and Wohnzone W2 (9.5%). In total, Embd uses 12 zone designations.
According to the building register, Embd has 533 buildings with 261 dwellings, 0.5 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 57.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 69.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (29.5% of them), and 4.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1942, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 448 (23.6%)
Unbuilt: 1’451 (76.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladwirtschaftszonen 2 | 998 | 4.61 km² | 13.4% |
| Dorfzone | 187 | 0.02 km² | 69.5% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 181 | 0.09 km² | 44.8% |
| Wald | 158 | 0.30 km² | 6.3% |
| Ladwirtschaftszonen 1 | 139 | 0.12 km² | 18.0% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 62 | 8.75 km² | 14.5% |
| Wohnzone W2 (2. Erschliessungs - Etappe) | 59 | 0.04 km² | 16.9% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 38 | 0.01 km² | 44.7% |
| Freihaltezone | 21 | 0.02 km² | 19.0% |
| Öffentliche bauten und anlage | 16 | 0.02 km² | 68.8% |
| Ferienhauszone F1 - Schalb | 8 | 0.01 km² | 12.5% |
| Abbau- und Deponiezone | 4 | 0.05 km² | 25.0% |
| No zone | 28 | 0.01 km² | 53.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 533 buildings with 261 dwellings here; 86 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 533
- Dwellings
- 261
- Single-family houses
- 86
- Building volume
- 266’738 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Embd
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Embd. 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.