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Leuk: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6110 · 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
9’608

2 % of the canton

Municipal zones
43
Median utilization
6 %

Canton: 7 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.06

Canton: 0.07

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
8.5 m

Canton: 8.4 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
1.9

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Leuk

Leuk is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 9’608 parcels in 43 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (1’873), Wald (950) and Landwirtschaftszone 2 (915).

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 Leuk.

The median building height is 8.5 m at 1.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 115 % (326 parcels), higher than the 31 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität1’8730 %
Wald950-
Landwirtschaftszone 29150 %
Wohnzone W290946 %
Reben8130 %
Landwirtschaftszone 15830 %
Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität5730 %
Geschützte landwirtschaftszone4750 %
Altstadtzone401121 %
Ferienhauszone F1 nach QP2702 %
Wohnzone W323067 %
Dorfzone D (Erschmatt)18778 %
Other zones (30)1’429-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 9’538 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 9 %. The median is 6 % and the mean 26 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %83 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %6 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %5 %
  • 150 % and above6 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 9’537 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.17.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5089 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.005 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above4 %

Building height

Of the 1’903 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.8 m and 10.0 m. The median is 8.5 m and the mean 8.7 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m43 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m48 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m9 %
  • 20 m and above< 1 %

Number of floors

Of the 1’808 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.2 and 2.5. The median is 1.9 and the mean 2.0.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 235 %
  • 2 to below 341 %
  • 3 to below 523 %
  • 5 and above1 %

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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years9’60831 %
Last 60 years992129 %
Last 40 years677118 %
Last 20 years326115 %
Last 15 years242117 %
Last 10 years156113 %
Last 5 years73125 %

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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).