Sembrancher
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6035
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Sembrancher centerThe parcel data lists 1’839 parcels in Sembrancher, covering 17.7 km². 32.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’081 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’839
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 17.7 km²
- 0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’081 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 32.9%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Sembrancher
Sembrancher ranks 102nd of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Sembrancher measures 1’081 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Sembrancher is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 32.9% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole 1 (34.4%), Aire forestière (12.2%) and Zone village A (9.6%). In total, Sembrancher uses 28 zone designations.
According to the building register, Sembrancher has 784 buildings with 649 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (69.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 46.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (19.8% of them), and 21.7% 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: 605 (32.9%)
Unbuilt: 1’234 (67.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole 1 | 633 | 2.29 km² | 9.0% |
| Aire forestière | 225 | 14.37 km² | 7.1% |
| Zone village A | 176 | 0.02 km² | 68.2% |
| Zone habitation faible densité | 127 | 0.09 km² | 61.4% |
| Zone extension village | 105 | 0.04 km² | 47.6% |
| Zone extension hameau | 93 | 0.05 km² | 53.8% |
| Zone Village B | 81 | 0.01 km² | 67.9% |
| Zone de hameau | 81 | 0.02 km² | 67.9% |
| Zone mixte commerciale et artisanale B | 57 | 0.10 km² | 56.1% |
| Zone d'affectation différée | 44 | 0.08 km² | 15.9% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 25 | 0.13 km² | 12.0% |
| Zone agricole 2 | 24 | 0.10 km² | 20.8% |
| Other zones (16 labels) | 126 | 0.32 km² | 41.3% |
| No zone | 42 | 0.05 km² | 59.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 784 buildings with 649 dwellings here; 245 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 784
- Dwellings
- 649
- Single-family houses
- 245
- Building volume
- 802’120 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Sembrancher
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Sembrancher. 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.