Ardon: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6021 · 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
- 3’983
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 20
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 7.9 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Ardon
Ardon is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 3’983 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole de pâturages, vignes, cultures (1’470), Zone agricole protégée (691) and Zone du centre du village (568).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 47 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Ardon.
The median building height is 7.9 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 109 % (306 parcels), higher than the 38 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole de pâturages, vignes, cultures | 1’470 | 0 % |
| Zone agricole protégée | 691 | 0 % |
| Zone du centre du village | 568 | 84 % |
| Zone résidentielle 0.30 | 538 | 88 % |
| Zone d'habitations collectives 0.60 | 216 | 57 % |
| Aire forestière à titre indicatif | 161 | 0 % |
| Zone mixte résidentielle et artisanale 0.60 | 109 | 64 % |
| Zone extensive du village | 62 | 0 % |
| Zone industrielle 0.80 | 48 | 10 % |
| Inculte | 41 | 0 % |
| Zone agricole d'alpages | 40 | 0 % |
| Zone de constructions et d'installations publiques A | 9 | 100 % |
| Other zones (8) | 30 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’952 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 47 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 35 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %75 %
- 50 % to below 100 %10 %
- 100 % to below 150 %7 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’951 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.17. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.21.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5088 %
- 0.50 to below 1.005 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above5 %
Building height
Of the 1’109 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.5 m and 9.6 m. The median is 7.9 m and the mean 8.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m53 %
- 8 m to below 12 m41 %
- 12 m to below 20 m6 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 708 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.6. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 213 %
- 2 to below 360 %
- 3 to below 526 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 3’983 | 38 % |
| Last 60 years | 589 | 105 % |
| Last 40 years | 480 | 106 % |
| Last 20 years | 306 | 109 % |
| Last 15 years | 231 | 114 % |
| Last 10 years | 148 | 114 % |
| Last 5 years | 73 | 125 % |
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).