Vouvry
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6159
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Vouvry centerThe parcel data lists 2’268 parcels in Vouvry, covering 33.5 km². 54.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 959 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’268
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 33.5 km²
- 0.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 959 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 54.4%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 2001
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Vouvry
Vouvry ranks 91st of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.9% of its area. The median parcel in Vouvry measures 959 m², larger than the canton median of 518 m². Vouvry is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 54.4% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone habitation faible densité A (23.7%), Aire forestière (14%) and Zone habitation faible densité B (12.3%). In total, Vouvry uses 30 zone designations.
According to the building register, Vouvry has 1’752 buildings with 2’431 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 38.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2011 to 2020 (29.3% of them), and 47.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 2001, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’234 (54.4%)
Unbuilt: 1’034 (45.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone habitation faible densité A | 538 | 0.49 km² | 81.2% |
| Aire forestière | 317 | 2.01 km² | 6.3% |
| Zone habitation faible densité B | 278 | 0.36 km² | 69.1% |
| Zone village | 266 | 0.10 km² | 58.3% |
| Zone agricole 1 | 199 | 4.42 km² | 13.1% |
| Zone agricole protégée | 96 | 0.77 km² | 29.2% |
| Zone habitation moyenne densité A | 78 | 0.08 km² | 88.5% |
| Zone hameau | 65 | 0.03 km² | 81.5% |
| Zone habitation moyenne densité B | 60 | 0.09 km² | 90.0% |
| Zone habitation forte densité | 41 | 0.06 km² | 78.0% |
| Zone agricole 2 | 39 | 23.52 km² | 30.8% |
| Zone industrielle A | 35 | 0.23 km² | 65.7% |
| Other zones (18 labels) | 176 | 1.20 km² | 43.2% |
| No zone | 80 | 0.15 km² | 71.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’752 buildings with 2’431 dwellings here; 766 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’752
- Dwellings
- 2’431
- Single-family houses
- 766
- Building volume
- 2.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Vouvry
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Vouvry. 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.