Evolène
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6083
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Evolène centerThe parcel data lists 17’524 parcels in Evolène, covering 210 km². 13.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 458 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 17’524
- 2.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 210 km²
- 5.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 458 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 13.4%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Evolène
Evolène ranks 5th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 2.7% of the canton's parcels on 5.6% of its area. The median parcel in Evolène measures 458 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Evolène is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 13.4% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Pature, fauche (47.3%), Aire forestière, pâturages boisées (16.6%) and Zone du centre des villages (9.9%). In total, Evolène uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Evolène has 3’290 buildings with 2’744 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (70.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 47.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (19% of them), and 8.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’341 (13.4%)
Unbuilt: 15’183 (86.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pature, fauche | 8’284 | 9.71 km² | 5.7% |
| Aire forestière, pâturages boisées | 2’911 | 17.87 km² | 1.3% |
| Zone du centre des villages | 1’730 | 0.38 km² | 54.8% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 1’119 | 0.80 km² | 1.3% |
| Zone d'habitation individuelle, de faible densité, 0.30 | 1’018 | 0.73 km² | 32.2% |
| Zone d'habitation du village, de moyenne densité, 0.6 | 758 | 0.51 km² | 33.6% |
| Friches, incultes, pierriers, moraines, glaciers | 724 | 135.43 km² | 5.4% |
| Alpage | 377 | 43.93 km² | 10.6% |
| Zone extensive du vieux village, de forte densité, 0.80 | 216 | 0.11 km² | 37.5% |
| Zone d'habitation collective, de moyenne densité, 0.60 | 175 | 0.14 km² | 26.3% |
| Zone artisanale | 45 | 0.03 km² | 15.6% |
| Zones d'affectation différée | 28 | 0.04 km² | 28.6% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 79 | 0.25 km² | 27.8% |
| No zone | 60 | 0.06 km² | 65.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’290 buildings with 2’744 dwellings here; 1’132 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’290
- Dwellings
- 2’744
- Single-family houses
- 1’132
- Building volume
- 1.6 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Evolène
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Evolène. 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.