Embd: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6283 · 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
- 1’779
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 12
- Median utilization
- 6 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.06
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.4 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Embd
Embd is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 1’779 parcels in 12 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Ladwirtschaftszonen 2 (929), Dorfzone (186) and Wohnzone W2 (181).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 6 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 9 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Embd.
The median building height is 8.4 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Ladwirtschaftszonen 2 | 929 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone | 186 | 218 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 181 | 0 % |
| Wald | 152 | 0 % |
| Ladwirtschaftszonen 1 | 131 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2 (2. Erschliessungs - Etappe) | 59 | 0 % |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 55 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 38 | 0 % |
| Freihaltezone | 20 | 0 % |
| Öffentliche bauten und anlage | 16 | 392 % |
| Ferienhauszone F1 - Schalb | 8 | 0 % |
| Abbau- und Deponiezone | 4 | 0 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’763 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 9 %. The median is 6 % and the mean 69 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %82 %
- 50 % to below 100 %2 %
- 100 % to below 150 %2 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’763 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.20.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5085 %
- 0.50 to below 1.005 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 345 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.0 m and 10.4 m. The median is 8.4 m and the mean 9.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m45 %
- 8 m to below 12 m40 %
- 12 m to below 20 m16 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 126 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.9. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 213 %
- 2 to below 351 %
- 3 to below 536 %
- 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 | 1’779 | 78 % |
| Last 60 years | 128 | 190 % |
| Last 40 years | 62 | 201 % |
| Last 20 years | 9 | 118 % |
| Last 15 years | 6 | 158 % |
| Last 10 years | 3 | 284 % |
| Last 5 years | 1 | 563 % |
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).