Riddes
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6139
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Riddes centerThe parcel data lists 5’789 parcels in Riddes, covering 23.9 km². 41% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 815 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 5’789
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 23.9 km²
- 0.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 815 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 41%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 2006
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Riddes
Riddes ranks 37th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels on 0.6% of its area. The median parcel in Riddes measures 815 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Riddes is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 41% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone de petits chalets T3 (20.6%), Zone agricole protégée (15.7%) and Zone agricole de plaine (15.1%). In total, Riddes uses 28 zone designations.
According to the building register, Riddes has 3’279 buildings with 3’322 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (80.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 45.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2011 to 2020 (36.2% of them), and 48.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 2006, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’376 (41%)
Unbuilt: 3’413 (59%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone de petits chalets T3 | 1’195 | 1.46 km² | 54.7% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 910 | 0.90 km² | 14.1% |
| Zone agricole de plaine | 874 | 2.63 km² | 18.1% |
| Zone agricole de coteau | 561 | 0.84 km² | 6.1% |
| Zone villas | 545 | 0.40 km² | 76.3% |
| Zone de chalets T2 | 327 | 0.30 km² | 67.0% |
| Zone habitations collectives | 233 | 0.23 km² | 75.5% |
| Cadastre forestier | 202 | 6.89 km² | 11.4% |
| Zone T1 à haut taux d'occupation | 189 | 0.25 km² | 78.8% |
| Zone hameau | 145 | 0.05 km² | 73.1% |
| Zone village | 141 | 0.04 km² | 66.7% |
| Zone d'affectation differee | 51 | 0.08 km² | 27.5% |
| Other zones (16 labels) | 281 | 9.50 km² | 38.4% |
| No zone | 135 | 0.33 km² | 71.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’279 buildings with 3’322 dwellings here; 1’379 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’279
- Dwellings
- 3’322
- Single-family houses
- 1’379
- Building volume
- 2.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Riddes
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Riddes. 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.