Goms
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6077
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Goms centerThe parcel data lists 21’239 parcels in Goms, covering 17.2 km². 11.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 345 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 21’239
- 3.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 17.2 km²
- 0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 345 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 11.4%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1919
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Goms
Goms has the most parcels of the 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais and holds 3.3% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Goms measures 345 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Goms is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 11.4% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 1 (25.6%), Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität (15%) and Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (10.3%). In total, Goms uses 89 zone designations.
According to the building register, Goms has 2’617 buildings with 2’391 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 58.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 49.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (51.7% of them), and 5.8% 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: 2’422 (11.4%)
Unbuilt: 18’817 (88.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 5’437 | 3.44 km² | 3.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 3’183 | 1.81 km² | 0.8% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 2’185 | 1.90 km² | 4.3% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2 | 1’758 | 1.71 km² | 6.9% |
| Wald | 1’060 | 2.70 km² | 7.1% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone | 983 | 0.46 km² | 2.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszonen 1. Priorität LZ 1 | 934 | 0.72 km² | 3.9% |
| Dorfkernzone | 649 | 0.10 km² | 60.6% |
| Landwirtschaftszonen 2. Priorität LZ 2 | 643 | 0.37 km² | 2.6% |
| Dorfzone | 556 | 0.08 km² | 60.6% |
| Dorfzone (Erschliessungsstand a) | 325 | 0.07 km² | 64.3% |
| Dorferweiterungszone | 295 | 0.14 km² | 35.9% |
| Other zones (77 labels) | 2’691 | 3.18 km² | 23.7% |
| No zone | 540 | 0.52 km² | 34.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’617 buildings with 2’391 dwellings here; 735 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’617
- Dwellings
- 2’391
- Single-family houses
- 735
- Building volume
- 1.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Goms
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Goms. 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.