Ferden: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6195 · 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
- 4’532
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 16
- Median utilization
- 6 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.06
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 7.3 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- -
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Ferden
Ferden is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 4’532 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are A Landwirtschaftzone 2 (2’058), B Sömmerungsweiden (1’234) and A Dorfzone (392).
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 %, so Ferden sits below it.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| A Landwirtschaftzone 2 | 2’058 | 0 % |
| B Sömmerungsweiden | 1’234 | 0 % |
| A Dorfzone | 392 | 51 % |
| A Wohnzone W2 | 158 | 0 % |
| A Wohnzone W3 | 144 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2 mit späterer nutzungszulassung | 122 | 0 % |
| E Wald | 100 | 0 % |
| A Landwirtschaftzone 1 | 86 | 0 % |
| Verkehrszonen ausserhalb der Bauzone | 68 | 0 % |
| Verkehrszonen innerhalb der Bauzone | 64 | 0 % |
| A öffentl B+A | 54 | 0 % |
| E Wald gemäss Waldkataster | 44 | 0 % |
| Other zones (4) | 8 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 4’514 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 9 %. The median is 6 % and the mean 14 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %89 %
- 50 % to below 100 %5 %
- 100 % to below 150 %4 %
- 150 % and above2 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 4’514 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 0.5088 %
- 0.50 to below 1.005 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 612 parcels with a value, half lie between 5.8 m and 9.5 m. The median is 7.3 m and the mean 8.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m62 %
- 8 m to below 12 m29 %
- 12 m to below 20 m9 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
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 | 4’532 | 14 % |
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).