Obergoms
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6076
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Obergoms centerThe parcel data lists 12’120 parcels in Obergoms, covering 156 km². 9.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 317 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 12’120
- 1.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 156 km²
- 4.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 317 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 9.3%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1919
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Obergoms
Obergoms ranks 13th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 1.9% of the canton's parcels on 4.2% of its area. The median parcel in Obergoms measures 317 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Obergoms is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 9.3% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszonen 2. Priorität LZ2 (inkl. Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden) (18.1%), Landwirtschaftszone II (14%) and Landwirtschaftszone I / Schutzzone (9.2%). In total, Obergoms uses 73 zone designations.
According to the building register, Obergoms has 1’217 buildings with 1’562 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 44.1% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 49.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (43.7% of them), and 8.3% 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: 1’126 (9.3%)
Unbuilt: 10’994 (90.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszonen 2. Priorität LZ2 (inkl. Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden) | 2’188 | 19.45 km² | 3.7% |
| Landwirtschaftszone II | 1’696 | 7.66 km² | 3.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszone I / Schutzzone | 1’114 | 0.31 km² | 0.1% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2 "im Gesamtinteresse landwirtschaflich zu nutzen"geschützte | 793 | 0.73 km² | 1.5% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 "gut geeignet"geschützte Landwirtschaftszone | 678 | 0.18 km² | 0.6% |
| Landwirtschaftszone I | 650 | 0.95 km² | 2.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 "gut geeignet" | 645 | 0.60 km² | 2.5% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2 "im Gesamtinteresse landwirtschaflich zu nutzen" | 500 | 0.63 km² | 9.0% |
| Dorfzone | 375 | 0.05 km² | 59.5% |
| Landwirtschaftszonen 1. Priorität LZ1 | 358 | 0.56 km² | 0.8% |
| Sport und Erholungszone Zone für Golfsport | 333 | 0.25 km² | 2.1% |
| Landwirtschaftszone II / Schutzzone | 223 | 0.07 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (61 labels) | 2’511 | 124.27 km² | 25.1% |
| No zone | 56 | 0.26 km² | 69.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’217 buildings with 1’562 dwellings here; 242 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’217
- Dwellings
- 1’562
- Single-family houses
- 242
- Building volume
- 1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Obergoms
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Obergoms. 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.