Raron
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6199
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Raron centerThe parcel data lists 4’278 parcels in Raron, covering 6.9 km². 13% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 303 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’278
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 6.9 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 303 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 13%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Raron
Raron ranks 49th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.7% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Raron measures 303 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Raron is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 13% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Rebbau (33%), Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (9.9%) and Dorfzone (7%). In total, Raron uses 39 zone designations.
According to the building register, Raron has 640 buildings with 1’068 dwellings, 1.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (64.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 12.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (26.8% of them), and 15.8% 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: 556 (13%)
Unbuilt: 3’722 (87%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebbau | 1’412 | 0.37 km² | 0.1% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 424 | 0.58 km² | 1.2% |
| Dorfzone | 299 | 0.05 km² | 38.8% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 235 | 0.71 km² | 1.3% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 230 | 0.14 km² | 40.4% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet (felsen, Öde, etc.) | 223 | 1.01 km² | 4.0% |
| Wald (provisorisch) | 189 | 0.35 km² | 2.1% |
| Wald (selon vector25) | 185 | 2.12 km² | 0.0% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 171 | 0.07 km² | 35.1% |
| Wohnzone W4 | 165 | 0.15 km² | 59.4% |
| Verkehr (Strassen, Wege, Plätze) | 101 | 0.26 km² | 4.0% |
| Wohnzone W3A | 98 | 0.07 km² | 56.1% |
| Other zones (27 labels) | 545 | 1.07 km² | 19.8% |
| No zone | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 640 buildings with 1’068 dwellings here; 323 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 640
- Dwellings
- 1’068
- Single-family houses
- 323
- Building volume
- 1.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Raron
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Raron. 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.