Saas-Almagell: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6288 · 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
- 776
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 10
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 3.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Saas-Almagell
Saas-Almagell is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 776 parcels in 10 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W3 (262), Dorfzone (221) and Wohnzone W4 (82).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 57 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Saas-Almagell.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 3.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W3 | 262 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone | 221 | 64 % |
| Wohnzone W4 | 82 | 0 % |
| Ferienhauszone F2 Reserve | 73 | 0 % |
| Landschaftlich empfindliches Baugebiet F2A Reserve | 73 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2 Reserve | 23 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 17 | 0 % |
| Ferienhauszone F2B (Pistensicherung) | 14 | 0 % |
| Öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 10 | 58 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 766 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 57 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 56 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %74 %
- 50 % to below 100 %8 %
- 100 % to below 150 %4 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 766 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.47. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.35.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.008 %
- 1.00 to below 1.508 %
- 1.50 and above8 %
Building height
Of the 221 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.4 m and 11.7 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m34 %
- 8 m to below 12 m44 %
- 12 m to below 20 m22 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 135 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.7 and 4.2. The median is 3.4 and the mean 3.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 22 %
- 2 to below 315 %
- 3 to below 570 %
- 5 and above13 %
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 | 776 | 60 % |
| Last 60 years | 69 | 124 % |
| Last 40 years | 39 | 108 % |
| Last 20 years | 15 | 93 % |
| Last 15 years | 9 | 96 % |
| Last 10 years | 5 | 109 % |
| Last 5 years | 2 | 108 % |
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).