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Albinen: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6102 · Parcel data as of July 2025

The parcel data covers only part of the land in the canton of Valais, so figures here may be incomplete.

Parcels
3’467

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
16
Median utilization
6 %

Canton: 7 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.06

Canton: 0.07

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
7.8 m

Canton: 8.4 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
1.8

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Albinen

Albinen is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 3’467 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (1’397), Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität (1’045) and Dorfkernzone (284).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 6 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 9 %. The canton median is 7 %, so Albinen sits below it.

The median building height is 7.8 m at 1.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität1’3970 %
Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität1’0450 %
Dorfkernzone284149 %
Wald1660 %
Wohnzone W21590 %
Wohnzone W31360 %
Weilerschutzzone11166 %
Wohnzone W1760 %
Verbauungs- und Aufforstungszonen370 %
Wohnzone W2 Spezial160 %
Landwirtschaftszone 2 / Stallbauzone150 %
Zone für Öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen100 %
Other zones (4)15-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 3’441 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 9 %. The median is 6 % and the mean 23 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %87 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %3 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %3 %
  • 150 % and above7 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 3’441 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.19.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5088 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.004 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above6 %

Building height

Of the 510 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.7 m and 9.5 m. The median is 7.8 m and the mean 8.3 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m54 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m40 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m6 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 300 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.2 and 2.6. The median is 1.8 and the mean 1.9.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 238 %
  • 2 to below 335 %
  • 3 to below 527 %
  • 5 and above0 %

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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years3’46724 %
Last 60 years128209 %
Last 40 years80204 %
Last 20 years1687 %
Last 15 years1076 %
Last 10 years7106 %
Last 5 years596 %

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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).