Varen
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6116
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Varen centerThe parcel data lists 3’180 parcels in Varen, covering 3.4 km². 16.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 426 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’180
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.4 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 426 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 16.3%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1964
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Varen
Varen ranks 70th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Varen measures 426 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Varen is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 16.3% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Rebbau (46.1%), Landwirtschaftzone 2. Priorität (11.2%) and Wohnzone W2A (8.6%). In total, Varen uses 23 zone designations.
According to the building register, Varen has 627 buildings with 458 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (66.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 53.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1920 to 1945 (25.8% of them), and 14.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1964, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 519 (16.3%)
Unbuilt: 2’661 (83.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebbau | 1’466 | 1.24 km² | 2.0% |
| Landwirtschaftzone 2. Priorität | 357 | 0.43 km² | 4.2% |
| Wohnzone W2A | 272 | 0.09 km² | 56.3% |
| Dorfzone | 265 | 0.02 km² | 69.4% |
| Wald (provisorisch) | 255 | 0.47 km² | 1.6% |
| Verkehr (Strassen, Wege, Plätze) | 158 | 0.17 km² | 9.5% |
| Baumbestände, Hecken, Feldgehölz | 147 | 0.51 km² | 4.8% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 102 | 0.07 km² | 54.9% |
| Ferienhauszone nach QP (Quartierplan) | 51 | 0.04 km² | 62.7% |
| Öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 19 | 0.02 km² | 36.8% |
| Zone mit unbestimmter Nutzung | 16 | 0.02 km² | 0.0% |
| - | 14 | 0.16 km² | 7.1% |
| Other zones (11 labels) | 57 | 0.11 km² | 24.6% |
| No zone | 1 | 0.07 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 627 buildings with 458 dwellings here; 181 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 627
- Dwellings
- 458
- Single-family houses
- 181
- Building volume
- 400’445 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Varen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Varen. 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.