Kippel
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6197
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Kippel centerThe parcel data lists 3’099 parcels in Kippel, covering 3 km². 13.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 322 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’099
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 3 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 322 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 13.4%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1919
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Kippel
Kippel ranks 71st 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 Kippel measures 322 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Kippel is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 13.4% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (44.1%), Sömmerungsweiden (12.1%) and Landwirtschaftszone 1.Priorität (11.5%). In total, Kippel uses 16 zone designations.
According to the building register, Kippel has 436 buildings with 377 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 52.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 53% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (55.9% of them), and 6.7% 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: 415 (13.4%)
Unbuilt: 2’684 (86.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 1’368 | 1.06 km² | 7.2% |
| Sömmerungsweiden | 374 | 0.47 km² | 15.8% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1.Priorität | 355 | 0.12 km² | 0.8% |
| Wald | 289 | 1.00 km² | 2.1% |
| Dorfzone D | 154 | 0.01 km² | 68.2% |
| Wohn- Und Ferienhauszone F1 mit Späterer Nutzungszulassung | 139 | 0.05 km² | 6.5% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 138 | 0.05 km² | 40.6% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 69 | 0.02 km² | 47.8% |
| Wohnzone W2 mit Späterer Nutzungszulassung | 50 | 0.02 km² | 8.0% |
| Dorfzone D SNP | 48 | < 0.01 km² | 6.3% |
| Wohnzone W4 | 43 | 0.01 km² | 44.2% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 37 | 0.14 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (4 labels) | 20 | 0.04 km² | 65.0% |
| No zone | 15 | < 0.01 km² | 46.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 436 buildings with 377 dwellings here; 102 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 436
- Dwellings
- 377
- Single-family houses
- 102
- Building volume
- 244’456 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Kippel
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Kippel. 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.