Orsières
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6034
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Orsières centerThe parcel data lists 8’277 parcels in Orsières, covering 164.9 km². 31.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 945 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 8’277
- 1.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 164.9 km²
- 4.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 945 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 31.5%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Orsières
Orsières ranks 23rd of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 1.3% of the canton's parcels on 4.4% of its area. The median parcel in Orsières measures 945 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Orsières is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 31.5% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole 2 (24%), ZONE CENTRE VILLAGE (15.9%) and Zone agricole protégée (14.1%). In total, Orsières uses 32 zone designations.
According to the building register, Orsières has 3’484 buildings with 3’046 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (79.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 43.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (17.4% of them), and 10% 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: 2’611 (31.5%)
Unbuilt: 5’666 (68.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole 2 | 1’989 | 49.55 km² | 11.2% |
| ZONE CENTRE VILLAGE | 1’320 | 0.32 km² | 58.8% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 1’163 | 4.86 km² | 4.1% |
| Aire forestière | 1’043 | 34.56 km² | 6.3% |
| ZONE CHALETS DISPERSES | 546 | 0.61 km² | 52.2% |
| ZONE CHALETS DENSES | 430 | 0.35 km² | 70.9% |
| ZONE VILLAS | 307 | 0.17 km² | 40.4% |
| ZONE VIEUX BOURG | 284 | 0.05 km² | 64.4% |
| ZONE VILLAS DENSES | 185 | 0.11 km² | 53.5% |
| ZONE EXTENSION VILLAGE | 161 | 0.06 km² | 46.6% |
| ZONE RESIDENTIELLE | 128 | 0.14 km² | 50.8% |
| ZONE D'INTERET GENERAL A | 95 | 0.12 km² | 32.6% |
| Other zones (20 labels) | 441 | 73.58 km² | 48.3% |
| No zone | 185 | 0.45 km² | 64.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’484 buildings with 3’046 dwellings here; 1’506 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’484
- Dwellings
- 3’046
- Single-family houses
- 1’506
- Building volume
- 2.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Orsières
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Orsières. 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.