Visp: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6297 · 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
- 3’139
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 31
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.1 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.9
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Visp
Visp is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 3’139 parcels in 31 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wald (635), Wohnzone W2 (308) and Wohnzone W4 (296).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 54 %. The canton median is 7 %, so Visp sits above it.
The median building height is 10.1 m at 2.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 105 % (210 parcels), higher than the 53 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wald | 635 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 308 | 4 % |
| Wohnzone W4 | 296 | 40 % |
| Landwirtschaftszonen 2. Priorität | 235 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone | 231 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszonen 1. Priorität | 209 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 195 | 37 % |
| Rebbau | 186 | 0 % |
| Burgschaftszone | 156 | 50 % |
| Gewerbezone | 138 | 17 % |
| Kernzone | 102 | 78 % |
| SNP "Visp-West" (Wohnen) | 80 | 62 % |
| Other zones (19) | 368 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’102 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 54 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 42 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %74 %
- 50 % to below 100 %10 %
- 100 % to below 150 %8 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’102 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.47. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.42.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5076 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0010 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above9 %
Building height
Of the 1’004 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 14.0 m. The median is 10.1 m and the mean 11.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m26 %
- 8 m to below 12 m38 %
- 12 m to below 20 m31 %
- 20 m and above4 %
Number of floors
Of the 810 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 4.0. The median is 2.9 and the mean 3.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 213 %
- 2 to below 325 %
- 3 to below 544 %
- 5 and above17 %
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 | 3’139 | 53 % |
| Last 60 years | 470 | 143 % |
| Last 40 years | 352 | 129 % |
| Last 20 years | 210 | 105 % |
| Last 15 years | 168 | 107 % |
| Last 10 years | 93 | 116 % |
| Last 5 years | 36 | 113 % |
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).