Naters
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6007
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Naters centerThe parcel data lists 14’251 parcels in Naters, covering 112.4 km². 20.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 436 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 14’251
- 2.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 112.4 km²
- 3% of the canton
- Median area
- 436 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 20.7%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1973
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Naters
Naters ranks 10th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 2.2% of the canton's parcels on 3% of its area. The median parcel in Naters measures 436 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Naters is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 20.7% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (20.4%), Sömmerungsweiden (9.8%) and Wohnzone W2 (9.3%). In total, Naters uses 54 zone designations.
According to the building register, Naters has 3’391 buildings with 7’641 dwellings, 2.3 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 56.2% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 15.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (25.3% of them), and 15% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1973, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’945 (20.7%)
Unbuilt: 11’306 (79.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 2’914 | 3.79 km² | 3.3% |
| Sömmerungsweiden | 1’390 | 24.24 km² | 3.9% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 1’324 | 0.79 km² | 45.8% |
| Dorfzone | 1’057 | 0.15 km² | 31.2% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 919 | 0.73 km² | 3.2% |
| Wald | 835 | 7.05 km² | 2.0% |
| Dorfzone D | 692 | 0.10 km² | 52.2% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone | 533 | 0.99 km² | 5.3% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone GLZ | 449 | 0.84 km² | 4.5% |
| Wohnzone W2 (2. Erschliessungs - Etappe) | 394 | 0.37 km² | 29.9% |
| Wohnzone W4 | 292 | 0.17 km² | 56.5% |
| Ferienhauszone F1-QP | 270 | 0.22 km² | 45.6% |
| Other zones (42 labels) | 2’982 | 72.54 km² | 30.2% |
| No zone | 200 | 0.46 km² | 48.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’391 buildings with 7’641 dwellings here; 1’534 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’391
- Dwellings
- 7’641
- Single-family houses
- 1’534
- Building volume
- 5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Naters
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Naters. 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.