Zermatt: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6300 · 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
- 5’901
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 58
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 7 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.07
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.3 m
Canton: 8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 3.5
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Zermatt
Zermatt is a municipality in the canton of Valais. The parcel data lists 5’901 parcels in 58 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are LANDWIRTSCHAFTSZONEN 2 (2’225), Zone 2 (706) and DORFZONE A (453).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 58 %. The canton median is 7 %, close to the level of Zermatt.
The median building height is 10.3 m at 3.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 103 % (267 parcels), higher than the 43 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| LANDWIRTSCHAFTSZONEN 2 | 2’225 | 0 % |
| Zone 2 | 706 | 25 % |
| DORFZONE A | 453 | 86 % |
| Kernzone K | 402 | 58 % |
| Zone 1 | 394 | 74 % |
| Wald und Baumbestände W | 221 | 0 % |
| ÜBRIGES GEMEINDEGEBIET | 212 | 0 % |
| Erhaltungszonen | 181 | 47 % |
| FERIENHAUSZONE-WEILER | 171 | 0 % |
| VERKEHR | 161 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone-Weiler | 122 | - |
| Wald gemäss homologiertem Waldkadaster | 93 | 0 % |
| Other zones (45) | 560 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 5’825 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 58 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 38 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %74 %
- 50 % to below 100 %12 %
- 100 % to below 150 %8 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 5’825 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.49. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.37.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.008 %
- 1.00 to below 1.508 %
- 1.50 and above9 %
Building height
Of the 1’812 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.0 m and 14.3 m. The median is 10.3 m and the mean 10.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m37 %
- 8 m to below 12 m22 %
- 12 m to below 20 m38 %
- 20 m and above3 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’457 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.3 and 4.6. The median is 3.5 and the mean 3.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 323 %
- 3 to below 542 %
- 5 and above27 %
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 | 5’901 | 43 % |
| Last 60 years | 783 | 103 % |
| Last 40 years | 558 | 103 % |
| Last 20 years | 267 | 103 % |
| Last 15 years | 167 | 100 % |
| Last 10 years | 104 | 103 % |
| Last 5 years | 45 | 116 % |
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).