Vex
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6089
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Vex centerThe parcel data lists 5’986 parcels in Vex, covering 13 km². 27% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 750 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 5’986
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 13 km²
- 0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 750 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 27%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1993
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Vex
Vex ranks 35th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Vex measures 750 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Vex is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 27% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone agricole protégée (19%), Aire forestière (15.7%) and Zone agricole I (9.7%). In total, Vex uses 37 zone designations.
According to the building register, Vex has 2’081 buildings with 2’833 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (77.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 39.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2011 to 2020 (26.8% of them), and 36.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1993, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’616 (27%)
Unbuilt: 4’370 (73%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole protégée | 1’138 | 1.15 km² | 6.1% |
| Aire forestière | 940 | 7.21 km² | 5.6% |
| Zone agricole I | 578 | 0.51 km² | 5.4% |
| Zone agricole II | 499 | 0.98 km² | 15.4% |
| Zone village | 477 | 0.07 km² | 59.7% |
| Zone habitation faible densité B - Vex (0.20) | 349 | 0.28 km² | 48.7% |
| Zone habitation faible densité D - Les Mayens de Sion (0.10) | 273 | 0.52 km² | 65.6% |
| Zone habitation faible densité C - Vex (0.20) | 201 | 0.19 km² | 59.7% |
| Zone habitation faible densité E - Les Collons (0.20) | 199 | 0.25 km² | 71.4% |
| Zone de transport | 182 | 0.60 km² | 11.0% |
| Zone habitation faible densité A - Vex (0.25) | 138 | 0.09 km² | 40.6% |
| Zone habitation forte densité C - Les Collons (0.60) | 135 | 0.16 km² | 79.3% |
| Other zones (25 labels) | 862 | 0.98 km² | 34.6% |
| No zone | 15 | 0.06 km² | 60.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’081 buildings with 2’833 dwellings here; 962 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’081
- Dwellings
- 2’833
- Single-family houses
- 962
- Building volume
- 1.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Vex
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Vex. 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.