Grimisuat
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6263
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Grimisuat centerThe parcel data lists 4’614 parcels in Grimisuat, covering 4.4 km². 29.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 622 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’614
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 4.4 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 622 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 29.8%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 2008
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Grimisuat
Grimisuat ranks 45th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.7% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Grimisuat measures 622 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Grimisuat is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 29.8% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole (46.8%), Zone d'habitat individuel H30 (18.1%) and Zone d'habitat individuel H20 (8.5%). In total, Grimisuat uses 16 zone designations.
According to the building register, Grimisuat has 1’830 buildings with 1’854 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (77.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 37.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2011 to 2020 (37.5% of them), and 55.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 2008, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’375 (29.8%)
Unbuilt: 3’239 (70.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole | 2’159 | 1.93 km² | 6.6% |
| Zone d'habitat individuel H30 | 834 | 0.74 km² | 70.1% |
| Zone d'habitat individuel H20 | 393 | 0.43 km² | 72.8% |
| Aire forestière | 364 | 0.36 km² | 0.8% |
| Zone village | 309 | 0.09 km² | 59.9% |
| Transport | 166 | 0.31 km² | 2.4% |
| Constatation définitive de la forêt en zone à bâtir | 82 | 0.07 km² | 4.9% |
| Zone agriculture industrielle | 61 | 0.07 km² | 9.8% |
| Zone d'habitat collectif H60 | 50 | 0.06 km² | 72.0% |
| Zone d'habitat individuel H20 Besse Surgat | 49 | 0.06 km² | 83.7% |
| Zone d'intérêt général | 43 | 0.12 km² | 41.9% |
| Zone mixte | 39 | 0.04 km² | 84.6% |
| Other zones (4 labels) | 53 | 0.07 km² | 47.2% |
| No zone | 12 | 0.11 km² | 50.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’830 buildings with 1’854 dwellings here; 881 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’830
- Dwellings
- 1’854
- Single-family houses
- 881
- Building volume
- 1.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Grimisuat
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Grimisuat. 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.