Simplon: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6009 · 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
- 1’731
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 20
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.06
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 7.4 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 1.9
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Simplon
Simplon is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 1’731 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2 (754), Dorfzone D (235) and Landwirtschaftszone 1 (173).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 18 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Simplon.
The median building height is 7.4 m at 1.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2 | 754 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone D | 235 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 173 | 0 % |
| Wald | 166 | 0 % |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 80 | 0 % |
| Erhaltungszone | 78 | 17 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 72 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone D1 | 64 | 54 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 39 | 0 % |
| Ferienhauszone F1 | 14 | 0 % |
| Zone für Öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 14 | 2 % |
| Zone, deren Nutzung noch nicht bestimmt ist | 11 | 0 % |
| Other zones (8) | 31 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’712 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 18 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 115 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %80 %
- 50 % to below 100 %5 %
- 100 % to below 150 %3 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’712 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.10. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.29.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5083 %
- 0.50 to below 1.006 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above8 %
Building height
Of the 492 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.3 m and 9.4 m. The median is 7.4 m and the mean 7.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m63 %
- 8 m to below 12 m28 %
- 12 m to below 20 m9 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 309 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.5 and 2.3. The median is 1.9 and the mean 1.9.
Share of parcels by range
- below 224 %
- 2 to below 366 %
- 3 to below 510 %
- 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 | 1’731 | 133 % |
| Last 60 years | 260 | 293 % |
| Last 40 years | 196 | 287 % |
| Last 20 years | 13 | 99 % |
| Last 15 years | 9 | 115 % |
| Last 10 years | 2 | 118 % |
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).