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Canton of Valais

Canton · Municipalities with height data: 122

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

In the canton of Valais, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 148’685 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 8.4 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 14.8 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
8.4 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
100.3 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
148’685

9.8% of Switzerland

25 m or taller
407

0.3% of measured parcels

About the canton of Valais

For the canton of Valais, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 148’685 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 8.4 m, on three quarters at most 10.1 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 14.8 m. The parcel data holds building heights for 122 of the canton’s 122 municipalities.

In the canton, the median building height, 8.4 m, is below the Swiss median of 9.5 m. The tallest building measures 100.3 m. 138 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 16. By median building height, the canton of Valais ranks 20th of 20 cantons with complete height data. Among its municipalities with at least 200 measured parcels, the highest median building heights are those of Saas-Fee (11.4 m), Zermatt (10.2 m) and Visp (10 m).

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 148’685 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)6.9 m7.8 m
P50 (median)8.4 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)10.1 m11.5 m
P9514.8 m16.6 m
Tallest building100.3 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m1’600
  • 3-6 m16’981
  • 6-9 m70’563
  • 9-12 m41’669
  • 12-15 m10’848
  • 15-18 m3’997
  • 18-21 m1’726
  • 21-24 m758
  • 24-27 m289
  • 27-30 m116
  • 30 m or taller138

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 101’766 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 16.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor12’142
  • 2 floors50’484
  • 3 floors27’769
  • 4 floors6’736
  • 5 floors2’811
  • 6 floors1’123
  • 7 floors425
  • 8 or more floors276

Tallest buildings

Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 100.3 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller7’0244.7%
25 m or taller4070.3%
30 m or taller1380.1%
50 m or taller4< 0.1%
100 m or taller1< 0.1%

Building height map for the canton of Valais

roofs maps building height for every parcel in the canton of Valais. Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.

Municipalities in the canton of Valais

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