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Dorénaz: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6212 · 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
986

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
19
Median utilization
9 %

Canton: 7 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.08

Canton: 0.07

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
7.6 m

Canton: 8.4 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.0

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Dorénaz

Dorénaz is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 986 parcels in 19 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone faible densité R2 (183), Zone agricole de plaine (149) and Aire forestière (113).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 92 %. The canton median is 7 %, so Dorénaz sits above it.

The median building height is 7.6 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 99 % (115 parcels), higher than the 66 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone faible densité R218390 %
Zone agricole de plaine1490 %
Aire forestière1130 %
Zone village VV96203 %
Zone viticole protégée890 %
Zone agricole de montagne880 %
Zone extension village EV5758 %
Zone habitat de montagne HM5578 %
Zone de transport à l'intérieur des zones à bâtir400 %
Zone de transport à l'extérieur des zones à bâtir280 %
Zone de constructions et d'installations publiques ZCIP B180 %
Zone moyenne densité R31671 %
Other zones (7)54-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 968 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 92 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 60 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %65 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %12 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %12 %
  • 150 % and above11 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 968 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.29. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.20.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5088 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.008 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.503 %
  • 1.50 and above2 %

Building height

Of the 390 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.5 m and 9.1 m. The median is 7.6 m and the mean 7.7 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m59 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m39 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m2 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 338 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.4. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.0.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 220 %
  • 2 to below 361 %
  • 3 to below 519 %
  • 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 years98666 %
Last 60 years204108 %
Last 40 years175103 %
Last 20 years11599 %
Last 15 years68102 %
Last 10 years3492 %
Last 5 years984 %

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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).