Ferden
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6195
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Ferden centerThe parcel data lists 2’621 parcels in Ferden, covering 2.4 km². 4.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 281 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’621
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 2.4 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 281 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 4.8%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1900
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Ferden
Ferden ranks 80th 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 Ferden measures 281 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Ferden is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 4.8% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are A Landwirtschaftzone 2 (45.9%), B Sömmerungsweiden (28.5%) and A Dorfzone (7.5%). In total, Ferden uses 18 zone designations.
According to the building register, Ferden has 465 buildings with 300 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (63.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 60.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (0.8% of them), and 0% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1900, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 127 (4.8%)
Unbuilt: 2’494 (95.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Landwirtschaftzone 2 | 1’202 | 1.28 km² | 2.0% |
| B Sömmerungsweiden | 748 | 0.75 km² | 0.4% |
| A Dorfzone | 196 | 0.01 km² | 23.0% |
| A Wohnzone W2 | 79 | 0.02 km² | 25.3% |
| A Wohnzone W3 | 72 | 0.02 km² | 30.6% |
| E Wald | 66 | 0.11 km² | 0.0% |
| Wohnzone W2 mit späterer nutzungszulassung | 61 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| A Landwirtschaftzone 1 | 43 | 0.02 km² | 0.0% |
| Verkehrszonen ausserhalb der Bauzone | 37 | 0.10 km² | 8.1% |
| Verkehrszonen innerhalb der Bauzone | 32 | 0.01 km² | 6.3% |
| A öffentl B+A | 27 | 0.01 km² | 22.2% |
| E Wald gemäss Waldkataster | 25 | 0.03 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (6 labels) | 15 | 0.05 km² | 13.3% |
| No zone | 18 | 0.02 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 465 buildings with 300 dwellings here; 111 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 465
- Dwellings
- 300
- Single-family houses
- 111
- Building volume
- 301’327 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Ferden
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Ferden. 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.