Visp
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6297
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Visp centerThe parcel data lists 3’399 parcels in Visp, covering 13.2 km². 29.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 714 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’399
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 13.2 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 714 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 29.3%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Visp
Visp ranks 65th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in Visp measures 714 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Visp is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 29.3% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wald (19.7%), Wohnzone W2 (9.1%) and Wohnzone W4 (8.7%). In total, Visp uses 34 zone designations.
According to the building register, Visp has 1’197 buildings with 5’106 dwellings, 4.3 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 34.1% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 21.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (18.5% of them), and 22.9% 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: 996 (29.3%)
Unbuilt: 2’403 (70.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wald | 670 | 7.75 km² | 0.7% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 308 | 0.24 km² | 42.9% |
| Wohnzone W4 | 296 | 0.31 km² | 63.2% |
| Landwirtschaftszonen 2. Priorität | 251 | 0.34 km² | 2.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszonen 1. Priorität | 246 | 1.09 km² | 7.7% |
| Dorfzone | 231 | 0.03 km² | 17.7% |
| Rebbau | 196 | 0.33 km² | 0.5% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 195 | 0.22 km² | 60.5% |
| Burgschaftszone | 156 | 0.02 km² | 42.9% |
| Gewerbezone | 138 | 0.43 km² | 41.3% |
| Kernzone | 102 | 0.09 km² | 64.7% |
| SNP "Visp-West" (Wohnen) | 81 | 0.15 km² | 69.1% |
| Other zones (22 labels) | 377 | 1.83 km² | 39.0% |
| No zone | 152 | 0.37 km² | 62.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’197 buildings with 5’106 dwellings here; 291 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’197
- Dwellings
- 5’106
- Single-family houses
- 291
- Building volume
- 7.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Visp
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Visp. 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.