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Salgesch: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6113 · 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
4’438

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
29
Median utilization
6 %

Canton: 7 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.06

Canton: 0.07

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
8.2 m

Canton: 8.4 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.3

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Salgesch

Salgesch is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 4’438 parcels in 29 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Reben (2’231), Wohnzone W3 (366) and Dorfzone (316).

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 Salgesch sits below it.

The median building height is 8.2 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 271 % (341 parcels), higher than the 75 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Reben2’2310 %
Wohnzone W336651 %
Dorfzone316129 %
Wohnzone W226282 %
Verkehr (Strassen, Plätze)2380 %
Wald (gemäss Übersichtsplan)2310 %
IG 2. Erschliessungsetappe1960 %
Schutz- und Freihaltezone1220 %
Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität1080 %
Geschützte Landwirtschaftszone (GLZ)950 %
Weiden / Sömmerungsweiden830 %
Industrie- und Gewerbezone IG570 %
Other zones (17)133-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 4’400 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 9 %. The median is 6 % and the mean 41 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %84 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %4 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %4 %
  • 150 % and above8 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 4’399 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.14.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5090 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.005 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above3 %

Building height

Of the 699 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.6 m and 9.8 m. The median is 8.2 m and the mean 8.3 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m46 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m46 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m7 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 440 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 213 %
  • 2 to below 348 %
  • 3 to below 540 %
  • 5 and above< 1 %

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 years4’43875 %
Last 60 years575352 %
Last 40 years472327 %
Last 20 years341271 %
Last 15 years319252 %
Last 10 years203261 %
Last 5 years32191 %

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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).