Vernayaz
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6219
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Vernayaz centerThe parcel data lists 1’174 parcels in Vernayaz, covering 5.6 km². 56.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 821 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’174
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 5.6 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 821 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 56.5%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1998
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Vernayaz
Vernayaz ranks 114th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Vernayaz measures 821 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Vernayaz is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 56.5% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are ZONE AGRICOLE (19.6%), ZONE VILLAGE (18.5%) and ZONE FAIBLE DENSITE (11.8%). In total, Vernayaz uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Vernayaz has 1’005 buildings with 1’024 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (68.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 50.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2011 to 2020 (36% of them), and 45.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1998, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 663 (56.5%)
Unbuilt: 511 (43.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZONE AGRICOLE | 230 | 0.66 km² | 14.8% |
| ZONE VILLAGE | 217 | 0.07 km² | 77.9% |
| ZONE FAIBLE DENSITE | 138 | 0.14 km² | 81.9% |
| ZONE MOYENNE DENSITE | 136 | 0.11 km² | 72.1% |
| ZONE FORTE DENSITE | 114 | 0.12 km² | 79.8% |
| ZONE FORÊT | 85 | 1.41 km² | 20.0% |
| ZONE HABITATION DE MONTAGNE | 57 | 0.04 km² | 70.2% |
| ZONE INCULTE | 27 | 2.40 km² | 22.2% |
| ZONE ARTISANALE | 26 | 0.08 km² | 73.1% |
| ZONE D'AFFECTATION DIFFEREE | 24 | 0.06 km² | 54.2% |
| ZONE DE CONSTRUCTION ET D'INSTALLATION PUBLIQUES B | 18 | 0.06 km² | 22.2% |
| ZONE INDUSTRIELLE | 15 | 0.06 km² | 53.3% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 47 | 0.23 km² | 48.9% |
| No zone | 40 | 0.15 km² | 70.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’005 buildings with 1’024 dwellings here; 329 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’005
- Dwellings
- 1’024
- Single-family houses
- 329
- Building volume
- 991’492 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Vernayaz
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Vernayaz. 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.