Chalais
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6232
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Chalais center
For Chalais (VS), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 2’058 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 8.2 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 12.5 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 8.2 m
- Canton: 8.4 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2
Canton: 2
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 23.7 m
Canton: 100.3 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 2’058
1.4% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 0
0% of measured parcels
About Chalais
Chalais is a municipality in the canton of Valais. For Chalais, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 2’058 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 8.2 m, on three quarters at most 9.5 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 12.5 m.
For Chalais, the median building height, 8.2 m, is close to the canton median of 8.4 m. The tallest building measures 23.7 m. 36 parcels have a building of 15 m or taller.
The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 7. By median building height, Chalais ranks 58th of 119 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 2’058 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.
| Figure | Here | Canton | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|
| P25 (lower quartile) | 7.0 m | 6.9 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 8.2 m | 8.4 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 9.5 m | 10.1 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 12.5 m | 14.8 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 23.7 m | 100.3 m | 221.3 m |
Parcels by building height
Floors
The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 1’478 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 7.
Parcels by number of floors
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 23.7 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 36 | 1.7% |
| 25 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 30 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 50 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for Chalais
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Chalais. 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 ~.
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