Bister: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6172 · 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
- 328
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 11
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.06
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 7.4 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 1.8
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Bister
Bister is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 328 parcels in 11 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (inkl. Sömmerungs- und Alpweiden) (138), Dorfzone D (49) and Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität (48).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 10 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Bister.
The median building height is 7.4 m at 1.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (inkl. Sömmerungs- und Alpweiden) | 138 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone D | 49 | 138 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 48 | 0 % |
| Verkehrsfläche (Strassen, Wege, Plätze) | 27 | 0 % |
| Wald | 23 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone FH | 17 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone Quartierplan FHQP | 14 | 63 % |
| Erhaltungszone | 7 | 91 % |
| Öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 2 | 100 % |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 2 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 1 | 0 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 317 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 10 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 91 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %78 %
- 50 % to below 100 %7 %
- 100 % to below 150 %4 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 317 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.10. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.17.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5088 %
- 0.50 to below 1.006 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 74 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.6 m and 8.4 m. The median is 7.4 m and the mean 7.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m70 %
- 8 m to below 12 m30 %
- 12 m to below 20 m0 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 32 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.2 and 2.3. The median is 1.8 and the mean 1.8.
Share of parcels by range
- below 238 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 516 %
- 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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 328 | 103 % |
| Last 60 years | 28 | 95 % |
| Last 40 years | 15 | 102 % |
| Last 20 years | 5 | 100 % |
| Last 15 years | 3 | 93 % |
| Last 10 years | 3 | 93 % |
| Last 5 years | 2 | 89 % |
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).