Salvan
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6218
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Salvan centerThe parcel data lists 7’643 parcels in Salvan, covering 53.5 km². 17.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 305 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 7’643
- 1.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 53.5 km²
- 1.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 305 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 17.6%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Salvan
Salvan ranks 27th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 1.2% of the canton's parcels on 1.4% of its area. The median parcel in Salvan measures 305 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Salvan is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 17.6% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone de l'aire forestière (36.9%), Zone agricole (19.1%) and Zone agricole protégée (11.8%). In total, Salvan uses 35 zone designations.
According to the building register, Salvan has 1’628 buildings with 1’427 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (79.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 39.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (23.1% of them), and 25.9% 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: 1’347 (17.6%)
Unbuilt: 6’296 (82.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone de l'aire forestière | 2’820 | 29.16 km² | 5.2% |
| Zone agricole | 1’456 | 21.14 km² | 2.7% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 902 | 0.46 km² | 2.8% |
| zone de village | 786 | 0.24 km² | 65.1% |
| zone d'habitation de faible densité - 1 | 280 | 0.15 km² | 43.2% |
| zone d'extension de village | 203 | 0.07 km² | 23.2% |
| zone d'habitation de faible densité - 2 | 198 | 0.13 km² | 53.5% |
| Zone agricole protégée à aménager | 185 | 0.13 km² | 0.5% |
| zone mixte touristique d'intérêt général, de détente, résidentielle et commercia | 112 | 0.03 km² | 2.7% |
| Zone inculte | 95 | 0.10 km² | 72.6% |
| zone d'habitation de moyenne densité | 94 | 0.07 km² | 37.2% |
| Zone non affectée provisoirement | 90 | 0.04 km² | 65.6% |
| Other zones (23 labels) | 374 | 1.71 km² | 42.2% |
| No zone | 48 | 0.03 km² | 54.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’628 buildings with 1’427 dwellings here; 761 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’628
- Dwellings
- 1’427
- Single-family houses
- 761
- Building volume
- 920’348 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Salvan
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Salvan. 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.