Vals: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3603 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’777
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 21
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 8 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.08
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.6 m
Canton: 9.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.7
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Vals
Vals is a municipality in the canton of Graubünden. The parcel data lists 1’777 parcels in 21 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 1 (622), Wohnzone 3 (214) and Dorfkernzone (198).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 65 %. The canton median is 8 %, close to the level of Vals.
The median building height is 8.6 m at 2.7 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 96 % (48 parcels), higher than the 74 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 622 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 214 | 59 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 198 | 71 % |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 148 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 118 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 111 | 80 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 92 | 0 % |
| Waldzone | 67 | 0 % |
| Wald | 36 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone | 34 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 28 | 0 % |
| Tourismuszone | 20 | 0 % |
| Other zones (9) | 89 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’753 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 65 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 58 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %72 %
- 50 % to below 100 %11 %
- 100 % to below 150 %9 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’753 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.46. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.29.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5076 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0013 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 682 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.5 m and 10.6 m. The median is 8.6 m and the mean 8.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m42 %
- 8 m to below 12 m48 %
- 12 m to below 20 m10 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 354 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.4. The median is 2.7 and the mean 2.8.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 335 %
- 3 to below 557 %
- 5 and above3 %
Building age cohorts
Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.
| Built in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 1’777 | 74 % |
| Last 60 years | 162 | 100 % |
| Last 40 years | 119 | 101 % |
| Last 20 years | 48 | 96 % |
| Last 15 years | 32 | 99 % |
| Last 10 years | 14 | 82 % |
| Last 5 years | 10 | 72 % |
How to read this page
room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).