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Leukerbad: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6111 · 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
3’952

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
25
Median utilization
6 %

Canton: 7 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.06

Canton: 0.07

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.6 m

Canton: 8.4 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.7

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Leukerbad

Leukerbad is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 3’952 parcels in 25 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität LZ2 (inkl. Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden) (1’721), Wohnzone W4 (352) and Wald provisorisch (292).

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 Leukerbad.

The median building height is 9.6 m at 2.7 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 149 % (137 parcels), higher than the 65 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität LZ2 (inkl. Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden)1’7210 %
Wohnzone W43523 %
Wald provisorisch2920 %
Wohnzone W22740 %
Verkehr V (vorgesehen)1950 %
Kernzone K-B17872 %
Übriges Gemeindegebit (Felsen, Öden, etc.)1360 %
Dorfzone D13365 %
Zone mit unbestimmter Nutzungszulassung ZUN SNP1300 %
Wohnzone W31260 %
Kernzone K-A119100 %
Wohnzone W2 (2. Etappe) Sondernutzungsplan (SNP)680 %
Other zones (13)228-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 3’916 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 9 %. The median is 6 % and the mean 46 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %83 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %4 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %4 %
  • 150 % and above9 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 3’916 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.23.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5085 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.005 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above5 %

Building height

Of the 748 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.8 m and 13.4 m. The median is 9.6 m and the mean 10.4 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m39 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m31 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m27 %
  • 20 m and above4 %

Number of floors

Of the 553 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.9. The median is 2.7 and the mean 3.0.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 210 %
  • 2 to below 334 %
  • 3 to below 540 %
  • 5 and above16 %

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 years3’95265 %
Last 60 years434285 %
Last 40 years272198 %
Last 20 years137149 %
Last 15 years116134 %
Last 10 years4237 %
Last 5 years2299 %

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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).