Zermatt
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6300
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Zermatt centerThe parcel data lists 6’579 parcels in Zermatt, covering 6 km². 26.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 475 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 6’579
- 1% of the canton
- Total area
- 6 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 475 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 26.3%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Zermatt
Zermatt ranks 30th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 1% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Zermatt measures 475 m², about the same as the canton median of 518 m². Zermatt is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 26.3% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are LANDWIRTSCHAFTSZONEN 2 (35.9%), Zone 2 (10.7%) and Wald und Baumbestände W (7.3%). In total, Zermatt uses 58 zone designations.
According to the building register, Zermatt has 1’913 buildings with 7’896 dwellings, 4.1 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 31.8% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 19.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (20% of them), and 19.2% 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: 1’727 (26.3%)
Unbuilt: 4’852 (73.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANDWIRTSCHAFTSZONEN 2 | 2’364 | 2.38 km² | 3.9% |
| Zone 2 | 706 | 0.48 km² | 51.4% |
| Wald und Baumbestände W | 483 | 0.78 km² | 3.9% |
| DORFZONE A | 453 | 0.05 km² | 60.5% |
| Kernzone K | 402 | 0.21 km² | 69.2% |
| Zone 1 | 394 | 0.26 km² | 70.6% |
| ÜBRIGES GEMEINDEGEBIET | 312 | 0.61 km² | 7.4% |
| Erhaltungszonen | 181 | 0.04 km² | 16.0% |
| FERIENHAUSZONE-WEILER | 173 | 0.13 km² | 30.6% |
| VERKEHR | 165 | 0.14 km² | 11.5% |
| Wald gemäss homologiertem Waldkadaster | 126 | 0.21 km² | 15.9% |
| Landwirtschaftszonen 2. Priorität | 93 | 0.09 km² | 7.5% |
| Other zones (46 labels) | 648 | 0.58 km² | 38.3% |
| No zone | 79 | 0.08 km² | 29.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’913 buildings with 7’896 dwellings here; 415 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’913
- Dwellings
- 7’896
- Single-family houses
- 415
- Building volume
- 3.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Zermatt
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Zermatt. 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.