St. Niklaus: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6292 · 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
- 6’718
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 32
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.3 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About St. Niklaus
St. Niklaus is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 6’718 parcels in 32 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (1’842), Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden (942) and Wohnzone 2 (941).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 34 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of St. Niklaus.
The median building height is 8.3 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 114 % (73 parcels), higher than the 84 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 1’842 | 0 % |
| Alp- und Sömmerungsweiden | 942 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 941 | 42 % |
| Wald | 771 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone | 379 | 46 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 378 | 0 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 245 | 72 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 238 | 87 % |
| Verkehrszone innerhalb der Bauzone | 223 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 163 | 40 % |
| Bauzone 2. Erschliessungsetappe | 104 | 0 % |
| Zone mit späterer Nutzungszulassung | 88 | 0 % |
| Other zones (20) | 404 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 6’662 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 34 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 68 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %77 %
- 50 % to below 100 %7 %
- 100 % to below 150 %5 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 6’661 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.15. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.24.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5082 %
- 0.50 to below 1.009 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 1’924 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.8 m and 10.0 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 m45 %
- 12 m to below 20 m9 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 887 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 3.0. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 215 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 537 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 6’718 | 84 % |
| Last 60 years | 623 | 216 % |
| Last 40 years | 358 | 137 % |
| Last 20 years | 73 | 114 % |
| Last 15 years | 45 | 106 % |
| Last 10 years | 31 | 116 % |
| Last 5 years | 13 | 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).