Vouvry: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6159 · 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
- 2’120
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 29
- Median utilization
- 40 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.3 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Vouvry
Vouvry is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 2’120 parcels in 29 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone habitation faible densité A (538), Aire forestière (303) and Zone habitation faible densité B (278).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 40 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 110 %. The canton median is 7 %, so Vouvry sits above it.
The median building height is 8.3 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 155 % (510 parcels), lower than the 198 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone habitation faible densité A | 538 | 93 % |
| Aire forestière | 303 | 0 % |
| Zone habitation faible densité B | 278 | 70 % |
| Zone village | 266 | 98 % |
| Zone agricole 1 | 160 | 0 % |
| Zone agricole protégée | 87 | 0 % |
| Zone habitation moyenne densité A | 78 | 88 % |
| Zone hameau | 65 | 80 % |
| Zone habitation moyenne densité B | 60 | 83 % |
| Zone habitation forte densité | 41 | 75 % |
| Zone agricole 2 | 39 | 0 % |
| Zone industrielle A | 35 | 53 % |
| Other zones (17) | 170 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’088 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 110 %. The median is 40 % and the mean 168 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %53 %
- 50 % to below 100 %18 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above13 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’088 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.40. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.32.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5083 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0010 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above5 %
Building height
Of the 1’074 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.9 m and 10.1 m. The median is 8.3 m and the mean 8.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m46 %
- 8 m to below 12 m41 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 886 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.5. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 364 %
- 3 to below 525 %
- 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 | 2’120 | 198 % |
| Last 60 years | 896 | 174 % |
| Last 40 years | 764 | 147 % |
| Last 20 years | 510 | 155 % |
| Last 15 years | 417 | 166 % |
| Last 10 years | 109 | 140 % |
| Last 5 years | 58 | 129 % |
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).