Finhaut
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6214
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Finhaut centerThe parcel data lists 3’845 parcels in Finhaut, covering 22.8 km². 11% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 417 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’845
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 22.8 km²
- 0.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 417 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 11%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Finhaut
Finhaut ranks 56th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.6% of its area. The median parcel in Finhaut measures 417 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Finhaut is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 11% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Aire forestière (51.2%), Zone agricole (pâturage) (15%) and Friches, pierriers, incultes (12.1%). In total, Finhaut uses 21 zone designations.
According to the building register, Finhaut has 572 buildings with 495 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 48.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2011 to 2020 (30.3% of them), and 33.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 423 (11%)
Unbuilt: 3’422 (89%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aire forestière | 1’970 | 3.50 km² | 3.0% |
| Zone agricole (pâturage) | 578 | 0.36 km² | 4.8% |
| Friches, pierriers, incultes | 467 | 18.33 km² | 4.9% |
| Zone du centre du village | 186 | 0.05 km² | 63.4% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 175 | 0.14 km² | 4.0% |
| Zone à faible densité | 72 | 0.06 km² | 48.6% |
| Zone extensive du village | 71 | 0.03 km² | 60.6% |
| Zone de chalets à aménager | 62 | 0.05 km² | 27.4% |
| Zone extensive du village à aménager | 39 | 0.01 km² | 5.1% |
| Zone à forte densité | 39 | 0.02 km² | 56.4% |
| Zone à faible densité à aménager | 33 | 0.02 km² | 27.3% |
| Zone de chalets | 28 | 0.01 km² | 32.1% |
| Other zones (9 labels) | 104 | 0.23 km² | 35.6% |
| No zone | 21 | 0.01 km² | 61.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 572 buildings with 495 dwellings here; 203 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 572
- Dwellings
- 495
- Single-family houses
- 203
- Building volume
- 451’642 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Finhaut
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Finhaut. 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.