Ernen
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6056
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Ernen centerThe parcel data lists 5’254 parcels in Ernen, covering 35.4 km². 20.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 525 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 5’254
- 0.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 35.4 km²
- 0.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 525 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 20.3%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1919
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Ernen
Ernen ranks 40th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.8% of the canton's parcels on 0.9% of its area. The median parcel in Ernen measures 525 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Ernen is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 20.3% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 1 (40.5%), Landwirtschaftszone 2 (17%) and Dorfzone (9.1%). In total, Ernen uses 38 zone designations.
According to the building register, Ernen has 1’278 buildings with 1’035 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 58.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 54.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (49.4% of them), and 5.6% 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: 1’064 (20.3%)
Unbuilt: 4’190 (79.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 2’128 | 2.29 km² | 10.6% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2 | 893 | 1.49 km² | 9.6% |
| Dorfzone | 476 | 0.09 km² | 62.2% |
| Wald | 322 | 12.17 km² | 16.5% |
| Dorferweiterungszone | 226 | 0.12 km² | 32.7% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone | 224 | 0.23 km² | 6.3% |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone W2 | 150 | 0.07 km² | 48.7% |
| Landwirtschaftszone und Weidwald | 123 | 0.40 km² | 21.1% |
| Landwirtschaftszone Schutzackerflur | 121 | 0.05 km² | 1.7% |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone | 85 | 0.04 km² | 50.6% |
| Wohnzone 2 geschossig | 59 | 0.05 km² | 54.2% |
| Hausgärten | 54 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (26 labels) | 322 | 18.35 km² | 36.6% |
| No zone | 71 | 0.05 km² | 31.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’278 buildings with 1’035 dwellings here; 328 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’278
- Dwellings
- 1’035
- Single-family houses
- 328
- Building volume
- 667’602 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Ernen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Ernen. 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.