Crans-Montana: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6253 · 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
- 16’462
3 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 89
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.06
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.0 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 16’462 parcels in 89 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone 10, agricole (2’619), ZONE 21 Zone agricole (1’803) and ZONE 10 Zone agricole (1’455).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 13 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Crans-Montana.
The median building height is 9.0 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 188 % (1’417 parcels), higher than the 78 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone 10, agricole | 2’619 | 0 % |
| ZONE 21 Zone agricole | 1’803 | 0 % |
| ZONE 10 Zone agricole | 1’455 | 0 % |
| ZONE 14 Zone d'aire forestière | 1’125 | 0 % |
| Zone 1B, de l'ordre dispersé, densité 0.3 | 973 | 22 % |
| Zone 18, villages et leur extension | 813 | 58 % |
| ZONE 1A Zone d'habitations familiales densité 0.3 | 766 | 52 % |
| Zone agricole | 610 | 0 % |
| ZONE 15 Zone provisoirement non affectée | 477 | 0 % |
| ZONE 1B Densité 0.3 | 388 | 0 % |
| ZONE 18 Zone village | 356 | 69 % |
| Zone résidentielle R2 | 303 | 68 % |
| Other zones (76) | 4’774 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 16’321 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 13 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 54 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %78 %
- 50 % to below 100 %8 %
- 100 % to below 150 %6 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 16’321 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 0.5090 %
- 0.50 to below 1.005 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 3’912 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.3 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.0 m and the mean 9.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m34 %
- 8 m to below 12 m48 %
- 12 m to below 20 m15 %
- 20 m and above2 %
Number of floors
Of the 3’037 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 537 %
- 5 and above8 %
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 | 16’462 | 78 % |
| Last 60 years | 2’983 | 255 % |
| Last 40 years | 2’171 | 189 % |
| Last 20 years | 1’417 | 188 % |
| Last 15 years | 1’222 | 195 % |
| Last 10 years | 240 | 175 % |
| Last 5 years | 101 | 222 % |
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).