Fiesch
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6057
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Fiesch centerThe parcel data lists 2’127 parcels in Fiesch, covering 3.5 km². 36.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 512 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’127
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.5 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 512 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 36.8%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1972
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Fiesch
Fiesch ranks 97th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Fiesch measures 512 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Fiesch is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 36.8% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtsschaftszone 2 / Weidwald (15.1%), Landwirtschaftszone 1 (14.9%) and Wohnzone W3 (12.6%). In total, Fiesch uses 25 zone designations.
According to the building register, Fiesch has 975 buildings with 1’216 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 53.5% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 39.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (38.6% of them), and 6.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1972, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 783 (36.8%)
Unbuilt: 1’344 (63.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtsschaftszone 2 / Weidwald | 321 | 0.77 km² | 16.2% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 316 | 0.45 km² | 14.6% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 269 | 0.17 km² | 61.3% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 255 | 0.15 km² | 73.7% |
| Dorfzone D | 217 | 0.04 km² | 64.1% |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG4 | 187 | 0.21 km² | 57.8% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone 2 | 170 | 0.20 km² | 2.9% |
| Verkehrsanlagen | 129 | 0.26 km² | 2.3% |
| Wald | 87 | 0.75 km² | 10.3% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 49 | 0.07 km² | 16.3% |
| Weide | 21 | 0.12 km² | 42.9% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 16 | 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| Other zones (13 labels) | 88 | 0.32 km² | 47.7% |
| No zone | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 975 buildings with 1’216 dwellings here; 289 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 975
- Dwellings
- 1’216
- Single-family houses
- 289
- Building volume
- 1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Fiesch
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Fiesch. 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.