Niedergesteln: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6198 · 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
- 3’316
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 24
- Median utilization
- 6 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.06
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 7.5 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Niedergesteln
Niedergesteln is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 3’316 parcels in 24 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are LANDWIRTSCHAFT-2P (1’046), WALD (728) and LANDWIRTSCHAFT-1P (534).
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 %, so Niedergesteln sits below it.
The median building height is 7.5 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 101 % (80 parcels), lower than the 5’695 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| LANDWIRTSCHAFT-2P | 1’046 | 0 % |
| WALD | 728 | - |
| LANDWIRTSCHAFT-1P | 534 | 0 % |
| UBRIGES GEMEINDEGEBIET | 188 | 0 % |
| W3 | 139 | 61 % |
| W2 | 136 | 62 % |
| DORFKERNZONE | 98 | 48 % |
| INDUSTRIE-GEWERBE-RESERVE | 69 | 0 % |
| FERIENHAUSZONE | 56 | 0 % |
| REBZONE | 49 | 0 % |
| DORFKERN mit spez. Vorschriften | 47 | 74 % |
| DORFZONE | 39 | 59 % |
| Other zones (11) | 187 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’286 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 9 %. The median is 6 % and the mean 4’831 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %88 %
- 50 % to below 100 %5 %
- 100 % to below 150 %4 %
- 150 % and above3 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’286 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.12.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5091 %
- 0.50 to below 1.004 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 441 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.5 m and 8.9 m. The median is 7.5 m and the mean 7.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m62 %
- 8 m to below 12 m37 %
- 12 m to below 20 m2 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 244 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.5 and 2.4. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 223 %
- 2 to below 355 %
- 3 to below 522 %
- 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 | 3’316 | 5’695 % |
| Last 60 years | 285 | 7’335 % |
| Last 40 years | 195 | 330 % |
| Last 20 years | 80 | 101 % |
| Last 15 years | 54 | 97 % |
| Last 10 years | 27 | 93 % |
| Last 5 years | 5 | 112 % |
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).