Niedergesteln
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6198
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Niedergesteln centerThe parcel data lists 3’186 parcels in Niedergesteln, covering 6.5 km². 17% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 488 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’186
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 6.5 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 488 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 17%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1980
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Niedergesteln
Niedergesteln ranks 67th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Niedergesteln measures 488 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Niedergesteln is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 17% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are LANDWIRTSCHAFT-2P (34.2%), LANDWIRTSCHAFT-1P (19.1%) and WALD (12.2%). In total, Niedergesteln uses 25 zone designations.
According to the building register, Niedergesteln has 653 buildings with 435 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 54.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (29% of them), and 20.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1980, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 542 (17%)
Unbuilt: 2’644 (83%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANDWIRTSCHAFT-2P | 1’091 | 0.88 km² | 5.5% |
| LANDWIRTSCHAFT-1P | 608 | 1.08 km² | 2.8% |
| WALD | 388 | 2.05 km² | 5.7% |
| UBRIGES GEMEINDEGEBIET | 205 | 1.72 km² | 6.3% |
| W3 | 139 | 0.11 km² | 59.0% |
| W2 | 136 | 0.08 km² | 63.2% |
| DORFKERNZONE | 98 | 0.01 km² | 64.3% |
| INDUSTRIE-GEWERBE-RESERVE | 69 | 0.18 km² | 8.7% |
| FERIENHAUSZONE | 56 | 0.02 km² | 7.1% |
| REBZONE | 50 | 0.02 km² | 4.0% |
| DORFKERN mit spez. Vorschriften | 47 | 0.01 km² | 72.3% |
| DORFZONE | 41 | < 0.01 km² | 56.1% |
| Other zones (13 labels) | 192 | 0.27 km² | 51.0% |
| No zone | 66 | 0.07 km² | 48.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 653 buildings with 435 dwellings here; 213 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 653
- Dwellings
- 435
- Single-family houses
- 213
- Building volume
- 430’386 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Niedergesteln
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Niedergesteln. 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.