Saillon
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6140
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Saillon centerThe parcel data lists 3’494 parcels in Saillon, covering 13.7 km². 28% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 917 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’494
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 13.7 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 917 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 28%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 2002
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Saillon
Saillon ranks 64th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in Saillon measures 917 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Saillon is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 28% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole du coteau (33.6%), Zone agricole de plaine (25.6%) and Zone d'habitat individuel (16.7%). In total, Saillon uses 19 zone designations.
According to the building register, Saillon has 1’510 buildings with 1’954 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (78.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 39.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2011 to 2020 (29.3% of them), and 44.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 2002, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 977 (28%)
Unbuilt: 2’517 (72%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole du coteau | 1’174 | 1.61 km² | 4.3% |
| Zone agricole de plaine | 894 | 2.66 km² | 12.0% |
| Zone d'habitat individuel | 584 | 0.61 km² | 80.1% |
| Zone agricole protégée du coteau | 191 | 0.15 km² | 4.2% |
| Zone Village Bourg Extra-Muros | 163 | 0.03 km² | 49.1% |
| Zone d'habitat collectif | 98 | 0.15 km² | 86.7% |
| Zone Village Bourg Intra-Muros | 84 | 0.01 km² | 65.5% |
| Zone d'affectation différée | 45 | 0.08 km² | 11.1% |
| Zone artisanale et industrielle | 34 | 0.10 km² | 50.0% |
| Zone d'intérêt général | 31 | 0.07 km² | 38.7% |
| Zone d'intérêt général à aménager | 16 | 0.06 km² | 12.5% |
| Zone du centre thermal | 15 | 0.06 km² | 73.3% |
| Other zones (7 labels) | 25 | 7.95 km² | 36.0% |
| No zone | 140 | 0.21 km² | 48.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’510 buildings with 1’954 dwellings here; 696 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’510
- Dwellings
- 1’954
- Single-family houses
- 696
- Building volume
- 1.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Saillon
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Saillon. 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.