Bettmeralp: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6205 · 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
- 1’952
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 25
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.3 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Bettmeralp
Bettmeralp is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 1’952 parcels in 25 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftzone 2 (729), Landwirtschaftzone 1 (258) and Dorfzone (246).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 71 %. The canton median is 7 %, so Bettmeralp sits above it.
The median building height is 8.3 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 114 % (45 parcels), higher than the 43 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftzone 2 | 729 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftzone 1 | 258 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone | 246 | 63 % |
| Landwirtschaftsshutzzone Acker | 150 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 138 | 76 % |
| Wald | 132 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 128 | 78 % |
| Dorferweiterungszone | 44 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone Teilweise erschlossen | 32 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W1 Reserve | 21 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 17 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone D1 | 8 | 103 % |
| Other zones (13) | 49 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’918 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 71 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 39 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %71 %
- 50 % to below 100 %13 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above6 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’918 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.51. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.31.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0014 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 657 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.0 m and 10.4 m. The median is 8.3 m and the mean 8.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m46 %
- 8 m to below 12 m43 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 323 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 344 %
- 3 to below 541 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 1’952 | 43 % |
| Last 60 years | 251 | 105 % |
| Last 40 years | 115 | 111 % |
| Last 20 years | 45 | 114 % |
| Last 15 years | 21 | 141 % |
| Last 10 years | 6 | 88 % |
| Last 5 years | 2 | 26 % |
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).