Lax
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6061
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Lax centerThe parcel data lists 1’017 parcels in Lax, covering 5.4 km². 32.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 526 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’017
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 5.4 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 526 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 32.4%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Lax
Lax ranks 117th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Lax measures 526 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Lax is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 32.4% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszonen / Weidwald (24.4%), Landwirtschaftszone (20.9%) and Dorfzone (13%). In total, Lax uses 19 zone designations.
According to the building register, Lax has 387 buildings with 471 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 42.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 46.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (46.7% of them), and 19.4% 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: 330 (32.4%)
Unbuilt: 687 (67.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszonen / Weidwald | 248 | 1.82 km² | 18.1% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 213 | 0.34 km² | 16.4% |
| Dorfzone | 132 | 0.03 km² | 61.4% |
| Ferienhauszone | 114 | 0.12 km² | 48.2% |
| Verkehrsanlagen | 59 | 0.16 km² | 6.8% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 59 | 0.04 km² | 45.8% |
| Dorferweiterungszone | 52 | 0.03 km² | 57.7% |
| Zone für Touristische Bauten | 28 | 0.02 km² | 7.1% |
| Ferienhauszone Zillwald | 27 | < 0.01 km² | 96.3% |
| Wald | 26 | 2.36 km² | 3.8% |
| Industrie- und Gewerbezone | 19 | 0.03 km² | 36.8% |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG4 | 15 | 0.01 km² | 60.0% |
| Other zones (7 labels) | 24 | 0.46 km² | 33.3% |
| No zone | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 387 buildings with 471 dwellings here; 83 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 387
- Dwellings
- 471
- Single-family houses
- 83
- Building volume
- 297’623 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Lax
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Lax. 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.