Saas-Balen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6289 · 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
- 813
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 18
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.3 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.8
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Saas-Balen
Saas-Balen is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 813 parcels in 18 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Dorfzone (275), Wohnzone W3 (245) and Landschafltich empfindliches Baugebiet W2 B (60).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 86 %. The canton median is 7 %, so Saas-Balen sits above it.
The median building height is 8.3 m at 2.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Dorfzone | 275 | 57 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 245 | 0 % |
| Landschafltich empfindliches Baugebiet W2 B | 60 | 0 % |
| Wohzone W3 A | 45 | 0 % |
| Landschafltich empfindliches Baugebiet W2 A | 43 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W4 | 29 | 0 % |
| Landschaftlich empfindliches Baugebiet W2 A | 27 | 0 % |
| Camping | 24 | 91 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 20 | 0 % |
| Wohzone W4 | 9 | 269 % |
| Öfentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 8 | 0 % |
| Wald (provisorisch) | 7 | 0 % |
| Other zones (6) | 21 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 792 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 86 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 44 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %68 %
- 50 % to below 100 %13 %
- 100 % to below 150 %12 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 792 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.77. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.45.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5070 %
- 0.50 to below 1.009 %
- 1.00 to below 1.508 %
- 1.50 and above13 %
Building height
Of the 277 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.5 m and 10.4 m. The median is 8.3 m and the mean 8.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m46 %
- 8 m to below 12 m40 %
- 12 m to below 20 m14 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 137 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 3.5. The median is 2.8 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 223 %
- 2 to below 318 %
- 3 to below 556 %
- 5 and above3 %
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 | 813 | 48 % |
| Last 60 years | 92 | 140 % |
| Last 40 years | 53 | 113 % |
| Last 20 years | 13 | 102 % |
| Last 15 years | 11 | 103 % |
| Last 10 years | 9 | 104 % |
| Last 5 years | 6 | 104 % |
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).