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Ried-Brig: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6008 · 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
3’508

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
23
Median utilization
7 %

Canton: 7 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.07

Canton: 0.07

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
8.4 m

Canton: 8.4 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.0

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Ried-Brig

Ried-Brig is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 3’508 parcels in 23 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität (1’205), Wohnzone W2 (549) and Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (521).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 51 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Ried-Brig.

The median building height is 8.4 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 102 % (140 parcels), lower than the 350 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität1’2050 %
Wohnzone W254980 %
Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität5210 %
Dorfzone D383106 %
Wald (hinweisender Charakter, gemäss Luftbildauswertung)1920 %
Wohnzone W2 (2.Erschliessungsetappe)14053 %
Verkehrszone (Strassen, Wege, Plätze)1300 %
Übriges Gemeindegebiet940 %
Ferienhauszone F1 nach QP7463 %
Wohnzone W361100 %
Abbau-, Deponiezone / Häckselstelle350 %
Zone mit unbestimmer Nutzung330 %
Other zones (11)91-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 3’472 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 51 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 252 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %75 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %9 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %9 %
  • 150 % and above8 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 3’472 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.26. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.22.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5082 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0010 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.504 %
  • 1.50 and above3 %

Building height

Of the 1’059 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.9 m and 9.8 m. The median is 8.4 m and the mean 8.4 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m44 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m52 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m5 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 718 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.4. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.1.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 216 %
  • 2 to below 362 %
  • 3 to below 521 %
  • 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 years3’508350 %
Last 60 years454107 %
Last 40 years310109 %
Last 20 years140102 %
Last 15 years10199 %
Last 10 years6993 %
Last 5 years3483 %

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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).