Lens
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6240
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Lens centerThe parcel data lists 8’457 parcels in Lens, covering 14 km². 25% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 592 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 8’457
- 1.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 14 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 592 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 25%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Lens
Lens ranks 22nd of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 1.3% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in Lens measures 592 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Lens is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 25% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are zone agricole (22.6%), ZONE 18/3 Zone des villas familliales 0.30 (13.2%) and zone agricole protégée (11.7%). In total, Lens uses 46 zone designations.
According to the building register, Lens has 2’542 buildings with 5’457 dwellings, 2.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (62.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 28.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (25.8% of them), and 21.4% 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: 2’113 (25%)
Unbuilt: 6’344 (75%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| zone agricole | 1’914 | 1.32 km² | 2.5% |
| ZONE 18/3 Zone des villas familliales 0.30 | 1’116 | 1.02 km² | 52.4% |
| zone agricole protégée | 991 | 0.80 km² | 1.5% |
| Zone agricole | 743 | 3.93 km² | 7.1% |
| ZONE 18/1 Zone du centre des villages | 632 | 0.12 km² | 60.1% |
| Zone 11:Zone destinée à la pratique des activités sportives et récréatives | 528 | 0.52 km² | 2.8% |
| Zone 2A : Zone de l'ordre dispersé-densité 0.40 | 396 | 0.53 km² | 71.7% |
| aire forestière | 282 | 0.43 km² | 0.4% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 268 | 0.23 km² | 0.7% |
| Aire forestière | 234 | 1.97 km² | 2.1% |
| ZONE 18/5 Zone de chalets 0.30 | 149 | 0.22 km² | 62.4% |
| ZONE 18/2 Zone extensive du village 0.40 | 145 | 0.09 km² | 44.1% |
| Other zones (34 labels) | 845 | 2.63 km² | 47.0% |
| No zone | 214 | 0.16 km² | 79.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’542 buildings with 5’457 dwellings here; 1’026 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’542
- Dwellings
- 5’457
- Single-family houses
- 1’026
- Building volume
- 3.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Lens
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Lens. 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.