St. Niklaus
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6292
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
Open map at the St. Niklaus center
For St. Niklaus (VS), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’984 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 8.2 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 13.3 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
- 28 m
Canton: 100.3 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 1’984
1.3% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 2
0.1% of measured parcels
About St. Niklaus
St. Niklaus is a municipality in the canton of Valais. For St. Niklaus, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’984 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 8.2 m, on three quarters at most 10 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 13.3 m.
For St. Niklaus, the median building height, 8.2 m, is close to the canton median of 8.4 m. The tallest building measures 28 m. 2 parcels have a building of 25 m or taller.
The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 6. By median building height, St. Niklaus ranks 62nd of 119 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 1’984 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) | 6.9 m | 6.9 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 8.2 m | 8.4 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 10.0 m | 10.1 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 13.3 m | 14.8 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 28.0 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 911 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 6.
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 28 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 39 | 2% |
| 25 m or taller | 2 | 0.1% |
| 30 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 50 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for St. Niklaus
roofs maps building height for every parcel in St. Niklaus. 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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