Fiesch: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6057 · 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
- 2’112
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 25
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.5 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Fiesch
Fiesch is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 2’112 parcels in 25 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtsschaftszone 2 / Weidwald (319), Landwirtschaftszone 1 (314) and Wohnzone W3 (269).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 68 %. The canton median is 7 %, so Fiesch sits above it.
The median building height is 8.5 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 124 % (33 parcels), lower than the 140 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtsschaftszone 2 / Weidwald | 319 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 314 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 269 | 65 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 255 | 67 % |
| Dorfzone D | 217 | 52 % |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG4 | 187 | 32 % |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone 2 | 170 | 0 % |
| Verkehrsanlagen | 128 | 0 % |
| Wald | 81 | 0 % |
| Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 49 | 0 % |
| Weide | 21 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 16 | 2 % |
| Other zones (13) | 86 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’079 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 68 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 125 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %70 %
- 50 % to below 100 %14 %
- 100 % to below 150 %7 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’079 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.33. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.25.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5083 %
- 0.50 to below 1.009 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 715 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.0 m and 10.0 m. The median is 8.5 m and the mean 8.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m42 %
- 8 m to below 12 m47 %
- 12 m to below 20 m10 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 475 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.9. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 214 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 535 %
- 5 and above3 %
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 | 2’112 | 140 % |
| Last 60 years | 459 | 118 % |
| Last 40 years | 145 | 154 % |
| Last 20 years | 33 | 124 % |
| Last 15 years | 25 | 120 % |
| Last 10 years | 16 | 132 % |
| Last 5 years | 3 | 238 % |
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).