Port-Valais
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6154
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Port-Valais centerThe parcel data lists 2’359 parcels in Port-Valais, covering 14.9 km². 46.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 964 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’359
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 14.9 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 964 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 46.5%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1990
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Port-Valais
Port-Valais ranks 89th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in Port-Valais measures 964 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Port-Valais is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 46.5% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole 1 (22.1%), Zone habitation moyenne densité A (17.5%) and Zone habitation faible densité (13.5%). In total, Port-Valais uses 32 zone designations.
According to the building register, Port-Valais has 1’937 buildings with 2’217 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 38.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (27% of them), and 37.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1990, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’097 (46.5%)
Unbuilt: 1’262 (53.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole 1 | 522 | 2.76 km² | 8.4% |
| Zone habitation moyenne densité A | 412 | 0.38 km² | 80.6% |
| Zone habitation faible densité | 319 | 0.29 km² | 88.4% |
| Aire forestière | 307 | 9.03 km² | 6.5% |
| Zone habitation forte densité | 197 | 0.15 km² | 86.8% |
| Zone village | 132 | 0.05 km² | 72.0% |
| Zone viticole | 111 | 0.21 km² | 10.8% |
| Zone de transport | 93 | 0.33 km² | 4.3% |
| Zone industrielle | 59 | 0.14 km² | 69.5% |
| Zone habitation moyenne densité B | 44 | 0.12 km² | 77.3% |
| Zone agricole 2 | 30 | 0.05 km² | 6.7% |
| Zone de constructions et d’installations publiques B | 19 | 0.07 km² | 36.8% |
| Other zones (20 labels) | 106 | 0.73 km² | 47.2% |
| No zone | 8 | 0.56 km² | 37.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’937 buildings with 2’217 dwellings here; 832 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’937
- Dwellings
- 2’217
- Single-family houses
- 832
- Building volume
- 1.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Port-Valais
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Port-Valais. 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.