Saas-Grund
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6291
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Saas-Grund centerThe parcel data lists 3’632 parcels in Saas-Grund, covering 24.8 km². 20.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 298 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’632
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 24.8 km²
- 0.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 298 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 20.7%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Saas-Grund
Saas-Grund ranks 62nd of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.7% of its area. The median parcel in Saas-Grund measures 298 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Saas-Grund is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 20.7% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität LZ2 (26.5%), Wohnzone W3 (13%) and Dorfzone D/D-A (Vorbehalt Erschliessung) (12.1%). In total, Saas-Grund uses 30 zone designations.
According to the building register, Saas-Grund has 914 buildings with 1’263 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings hold several dwellings: single-family houses make up only 23.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 55.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (38.3% of them), and 14.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 752 (20.7%)
Unbuilt: 2’880 (79.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität LZ2 | 964 | 0.67 km² | 5.5% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 473 | 0.24 km² | 42.9% |
| Dorfzone D/D-A (Vorbehalt Erschliessung) | 438 | 0.03 km² | 53.2% |
| Wald (provisorisch) | 352 | 0.99 km² | 3.7% |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone GLZ | 287 | 0.11 km² | 1.4% |
| Wohnzone W4 | 248 | 0.15 km² | 42.3% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität LZ1 | 153 | 0.07 km² | 11.1% |
| Verkehrszone V (Strassen, Wege, Plätze, Seilbahn) | 124 | 0.12 km² | 10.5% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet üG (Böschungen, Felsen, Öde etc.) | 116 | 15.54 km² | 7.8% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 115 | 0.05 km² | 25.2% |
| Geschütze Landwirtschaftszone GLZ | 101 | 0.02 km² | 0.0% |
| Wohnzone W3-A LEB (landsch. empfindl. Bauzone) | 68 | 0.03 km² | 32.4% |
| Other zones (18 labels) | 181 | 6.76 km² | 26.5% |
| No zone | 12 | 0.03 km² | 25.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 914 buildings with 1’263 dwellings here; 79 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 914
- Dwellings
- 1’263
- Single-family houses
- 79
- Building volume
- 816’638 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Saas-Grund
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Saas-Grund. 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.