Lax: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6061 · 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
- 1’014
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 19
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.7 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.7
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Lax
Lax is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 1’014 parcels in 19 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszonen / Weidwald (247), Landwirtschaftszone (213) and Dorfzone (132).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 48 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Lax.
The median building height is 8.7 m at 2.7 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 231 % (60 parcels), higher than the 85 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszonen / Weidwald | 247 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 213 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone | 132 | 47 % |
| Ferienhauszone | 114 | 0 % |
| Verkehrsanlagen | 59 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 59 | 0 % |
| Dorferweiterungszone | 52 | 55 % |
| Zone für Touristische Bauten | 28 | 0 % |
| Ferienhauszone Zillwald | 27 | 77 % |
| Wald | 25 | 0 % |
| Industrie- und Gewerbezone | 19 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG4 | 15 | 73 % |
| Other zones (7) | 24 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 997 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 48 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 48 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %75 %
- 50 % to below 100 %9 %
- 100 % to below 150 %8 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 997 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.26. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.25.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5081 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0011 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 281 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.1 m and 10.5 m. The median is 8.7 m and the mean 9.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m38 %
- 8 m to below 12 m52 %
- 12 m to below 20 m10 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 177 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.2. The median is 2.7 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 337 %
- 3 to below 558 %
- 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 | 1’014 | 85 % |
| Last 60 years | 264 | 277 % |
| Last 40 years | 100 | 188 % |
| Last 20 years | 60 | 231 % |
| Last 15 years | 49 | 256 % |
| Last 10 years | 8 | 83 % |
| Last 5 years | 2 | 71 % |
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).