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Bovernier: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6131 · 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
2’219

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
17
Median utilization
7 %

Canton: 7 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.06

Canton: 0.07

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
7.9 m

Canton: 8.4 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.0

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Bovernier

Bovernier is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 2’219 parcels in 17 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole protégée (572), Aire forestière (524) and Zone d'affectation différée (245).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 62 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Bovernier.

The median building height is 7.9 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 166 % (408 parcels), higher than the 70 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone agricole protégée5720 %
Aire forestière5240 %
Zone d'affectation différée2450 %
Zone village20485 %
Zone habitation faible densité19170 %
Zone agricole1660 %
Zone chalet11742 %
Zone extension village5323 %
Zone habitation moyenne densité4172 %
Zone mixte artisanale, commerciale et d'habitat3750 %
Zone inculte190 %
Zone de constructions et d'installations publiques B150 %
Other zones (5)35-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 2’199 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 62 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 57 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %73 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %9 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %8 %
  • 150 % and above10 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 2’199 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.18.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5090 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.004 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above5 %

Building height

Of the 600 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.1 m and 9.4 m. The median is 7.9 m and the mean 7.8 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m52 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m44 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m4 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 334 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.5. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.1.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 219 %
  • 2 to below 357 %
  • 3 to below 524 %
  • 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 years2’21970 %
Last 60 years558192 %
Last 40 years487189 %
Last 20 years408166 %
Last 15 years378170 %
Last 10 years25234 %
Last 5 years12132 %

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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).