Lens: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6240 · 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
- 6’754
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 45
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.2 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Lens
Lens is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 6’754 parcels in 45 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole (1’478), ZONE 18/3 Zone des villas familliales 0.30 (1’116) and Zone 11:Zone destinée à la pratique des activités sportives et récréatives (1’050).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 29 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Lens.
The median building height is 9.2 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 110 % (342 parcels), higher than the 39 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole | 1’478 | - |
| ZONE 18/3 Zone des villas familliales 0.30 | 1’116 | 14 % |
| Zone 11:Zone destinée à la pratique des activités sportives et récréatives | 1’050 | - |
| ZONE 18/1 Zone du centre des villages | 632 | 88 % |
| Zone agricole protégée | 536 | - |
| Aire forestière | 456 | - |
| Zone 2A : Zone de l'ordre dispersé-densité 0.40 | 396 | 51 % |
| ZONE 18/5 Zone de chalets 0.30 | 149 | 40 % |
| ZONE 18/2 Zone extensive du village 0.40 | 144 | 0 % |
| ZONE 14 Zone d'aire forestière | 105 | 0 % |
| Zone 3 : Zone de l'ordre dispersé-densité 0.50 | 97 | 61 % |
| ZONE 18/4 Zone d'habitations collectives 0.50 | 79 | 30 % |
| Other zones (29) | 516 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 6’691 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 29 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 33 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %78 %
- 50 % to below 100 %9 %
- 100 % to below 150 %6 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 6’691 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.11. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.18.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5088 %
- 0.50 to below 1.007 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 1’726 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.6 m and 11.2 m. The median is 9.2 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m30 %
- 8 m to below 12 m52 %
- 12 m to below 20 m15 %
- 20 m and above3 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’409 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 538 %
- 5 and above7 %
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 | 6’754 | 39 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’146 | 115 % |
| Last 40 years | 806 | 112 % |
| Last 20 years | 342 | 110 % |
| Last 15 years | 244 | 113 % |
| Last 10 years | 151 | 111 % |
| Last 5 years | 65 | 116 % |
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).