St. Niklaus
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6292
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the St. Niklaus centerThe parcel data lists 6’718 parcels in St. Niklaus, covering 7.3 km². 15.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 496 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 6’718
- 1.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 7.3 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 496 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 15.3%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About St. Niklaus
St. Niklaus ranks 29th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 1.1% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in St. Niklaus measures 496 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². St. Niklaus is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 15.3% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (27.4%), Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden (14%) and Wohnzone 2 (14%). In total, St. Niklaus uses 32 zone designations.
According to the building register, St. Niklaus has 2’554 buildings with 1’648 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 56.9% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 63.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (31.2% of them), and 10.4% 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: 1’027 (15.3%)
Unbuilt: 5’691 (84.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 1’842 | 2.14 km² | 3.7% |
| Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden | 942 | 0.84 km² | 11.9% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 941 | 0.58 km² | 41.8% |
| Wald | 771 | 1.58 km² | 1.3% |
| Dorfzone | 379 | 0.06 km² | 21.9% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 378 | 0.36 km² | 2.1% |
| Dorfkernzone | 245 | 0.03 km² | 38.8% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 238 | 0.10 km² | 43.3% |
| Verkehrszone innerhalb der Bauzone | 223 | 0.30 km² | 1.3% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 163 | 0.10 km² | 38.7% |
| Bauzone 2. Erschliessungsetappe | 104 | 0.10 km² | 3.8% |
| Zone mit späterer Nutzungszulassung | 88 | 0.09 km² | 30.7% |
| Other zones (20 labels) | 404 | 1.03 km² | 14.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’554 buildings with 1’648 dwellings here; 504 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’554
- Dwellings
- 1’648
- Single-family houses
- 504
- Building volume
- 1.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for St. Niklaus
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for St. Niklaus. 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.