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Blatten: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6192 · 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
6’146

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
23
Median utilization
5 %

Canton: 7 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.05

Canton: 0.07

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
7.4 m

Canton: 8.4 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.3

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Blatten

Blatten is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 6’146 parcels in 23 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität LZ2 (3’015), Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität LZ1 (1’273) and Dorfzone D (485).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 5 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 8 %. The canton median is 7 %, so Blatten sits below it.

The median building height is 7.4 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.05. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 99 % (30 parcels), higher than the 12 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität LZ23’0150 %
Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität LZ11’2730 %
Dorfzone D48531 %
Wald (provisorisch)2870 %
Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden AS2210 %
Verkehr V (Bahnanlagen, Strassen, Wege, Plätze)1690 %
Wohnzone W21490 %
Übriges Gemeindegebiet (Felsen, Öde, etc.)1240 %
Wohnzone W310153 %
Zone mit späterer Nutzungszulassung ZSN640 %
Wohnzone W2-LEB (landschaftlich empfindliches Baugebiet)530 %
Freiflächen FF480 %
Other zones (11)157-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 6’100 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 8 %. The median is 5 % and the mean 9 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %94 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %4 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %1 %
  • 150 % and above1 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 6’100 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.08. The median is 0.05 and the mean 0.07.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5094 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.004 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above1 %

Building height

Of the 527 parcels with a value, half lie between 5.7 m and 9.4 m. The median is 7.4 m and the mean 7.7 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m60 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m34 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m7 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 217 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 215 %
  • 2 to below 344 %
  • 3 to below 541 %
  • 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 years6’14612 %
Last 60 years14096 %
Last 40 years9496 %
Last 20 years3099 %
Last 15 years2498 %
Last 10 years1484 %
Last 5 years688 %

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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).