Grächen
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6285
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Grächen centerThe parcel data lists 2’939 parcels in Grächen, covering 3.7 km². 25.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 534 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’939
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.7 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 534 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 25.8%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Grächen
Grächen ranks 75th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Grächen measures 534 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Grächen is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 25.8% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohn- und Ferienhauszone W1 (2. Erschliessungsetappe) (16.4%), Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (15.7%) and Wohnzone W2 (11.9%). In total, Grächen uses 25 zone designations.
According to the building register, Grächen has 1’511 buildings with 2’190 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 39.8% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 48.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (47% of them), and 8.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 757 (25.8%)
Unbuilt: 2’182 (74.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone W1 (2. Erschliessungsetappe) | 481 | 0.40 km² | 32.8% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 462 | 0.79 km² | 6.1% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 351 | 0.21 km² | 47.9% |
| Dorfzone D | 333 | 0.08 km² | 29.1% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 236 | 0.13 km² | 51.3% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 222 | 0.41 km² | 4.1% |
| Wald hinweisender Charakter gemäss Luftbildauswertung | 153 | 0.71 km² | 1.3% |
| Wohnzone W2 (2. Erschliessungsetappe) | 144 | 0.14 km² | 24.3% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 97 | 0.37 km² | 2.1% |
| Verkehrszone (Strassen, Wege, Plätze) VZ | 90 | 0.11 km² | 2.2% |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone W1 | 74 | 0.04 km² | 64.9% |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone W1 Eplus (Energie) | 59 | 0.06 km² | 11.9% |
| Other zones (13 labels) | 237 | 0.24 km² | 33.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’511 buildings with 2’190 dwellings here; 296 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’511
- Dwellings
- 2’190
- Single-family houses
- 296
- Building volume
- 1.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Grächen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Grächen. 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.