Simplon
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6009
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Simplon centerThe parcel data lists 1’878 parcels in Simplon, covering 91 km². 26.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’223 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’878
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 91 km²
- 2.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’223 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 26.5%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1987
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Simplon
Simplon ranks 100th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels on 2.4% of its area. The median parcel in Simplon measures 1’223 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Simplon is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 26.5% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2 (43.4%), Dorfzone D (12.5%) and Wald (10.2%). In total, Simplon uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Simplon has 609 buildings with 481 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (77.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 40.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (40.4% of them), and 5.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1987, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 498 (26.5%)
Unbuilt: 1’380 (73.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2 | 815 | 34.85 km² | 20.4% |
| Dorfzone D | 235 | 0.04 km² | 34.5% |
| Wald | 191 | 4.28 km² | 19.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 182 | 0.78 km² | 16.5% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 93 | 50.65 km² | 8.6% |
| Erhaltungszone | 79 | 0.07 km² | 57.0% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 72 | 0.07 km² | 38.9% |
| Dorfzone D1 | 65 | 0.02 km² | 78.5% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 39 | 0.02 km² | 33.3% |
| Zone, deren Nutzung noch nicht bestimmt ist | 21 | 0.01 km² | 19.0% |
| Ferienhauszone F1 | 14 | 0.01 km² | 35.7% |
| Zone für Öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 14 | 0.04 km² | 35.7% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 32 | 0.14 km² | 46.9% |
| No zone | 26 | 0.02 km² | 38.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 609 buildings with 481 dwellings here; 245 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 609
- Dwellings
- 481
- Single-family houses
- 245
- Building volume
- 535’548 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Simplon
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Simplon. 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.