Sembrancher: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6035 · 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
- 1’761
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.8 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Sembrancher
Sembrancher is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 1’761 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone agricole 1 (614), Aire forestière (215) and Zone village A (176).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 68 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Sembrancher.
The median building height is 8.8 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 124 % (109 parcels), higher than the 68 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone agricole 1 | 614 | 0 % |
| Aire forestière | 215 | 0 % |
| Zone village A | 176 | 242 % |
| Zone habitation faible densité | 127 | 72 % |
| Zone extension village | 105 | 0 % |
| Zone extension hameau | 93 | 37 % |
| Zone Village B | 81 | 111 % |
| Zone de hameau | 81 | 87 % |
| Zone mixte commerciale et artisanale B | 57 | 0 % |
| Zone d'affectation différée | 41 | 0 % |
| Zone agricole protégée | 25 | 0 % |
| Zone de constructions et installations d'intérêt public C | 24 | 0 % |
| Other zones (16) | 122 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’733 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 68 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 59 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %73 %
- 50 % to below 100 %6 %
- 100 % to below 150 %7 %
- 150 % and above15 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’733 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.24. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.36.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5082 %
- 0.50 to below 1.006 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above9 %
Building height
Of the 526 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.1 m and 10.6 m. The median is 8.8 m and the mean 9.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m37 %
- 8 m to below 12 m53 %
- 12 m to below 20 m10 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 348 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 219 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 534 %
- 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 | 1’761 | 68 % |
| Last 60 years | 293 | 129 % |
| Last 40 years | 224 | 143 % |
| Last 20 years | 109 | 124 % |
| Last 15 years | 70 | 121 % |
| Last 10 years | 48 | 124 % |
| Last 5 years | 17 | 100 % |
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).