In the Val d'Hérens at the foot of the Grande Dixence dam, Hérémence combines a mountain village with a hydroelectric heritage.
Flat prices in Hérémence run at CHF 5,800 per m², a level that has stayed in step with Valais. A commune like this one moves with the cantonal cycle rather than against it, so the wider trend is a fair guide for your own estimate. Paying 5 percent more than the cantonal median buys location, not floor space. The same budget moved to a neighbouring commune would typically add a room, and that is the trade most buyers here have already made.
Position 24 of 67 in Valais puts Hérémence among communes with similar price levels and often very different housing stock. Two communes can share a rank and still value the same flat differently once age and condition are taken in. Houses carry a premium of 19 percent per square metre over flats in Hérémence, CHF 6,900 against CHF 5,800. Households buying a house here are mostly trading up from a flat nearby, so demand holds even when volumes drop.
Up 2.8 percent in a year, Hérémence has been priced by whoever was willing to pay most for a small number of properties. In a commune with few sales, that is exactly how a median gets moved. The district test is the harder one. Hérémence comes out 12 percent from the District d'Hérens median, measured against communes competing for the same buyers rather than against a whole canton with several markets in it. With 37 percent of homes dating from before 1919, the stock in Hérémence renews slowly. Thin new supply supports prices, and it also means the flats reaching the market often need a full technical inspection before any offer.
At 3.8 rooms and 93 m² on average, homes in Hérémence are sized for households rather than single occupants. If you are looking for a studio or a two-room flat, expect a thinner choice and less room to negotiate. CHF 5,800 per m² is the working reference for a flat in Hérémence, 5 percent from Valais. Take it as a starting point: in a commune this size, the spread between the cheapest and the dearest street is often wider than the gap to the canton.
From CHF 3,600 to CHF 8,500 per square metre in 25 years, +136 percent in all. The path was not a straight line, and the flat or falling stretches inside it are precisely what a long average hides. Transaction volume in Hérémence is high enough that one unusual sale does not distort the medians. That matters, because thin markets are where automated estimates go furthest wrong and where a local opinion earns its keep. Hérémence is a market where recent comparable sales exist and mean something. An estimate here has solid ground to stand on, provided it starts from your surface, your floor and the age of your building.
Building stock data: Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings, FSO, updated August 3, 2026
Market data updated on August 24, 2026
A range set against the price levels of your commune and the profile of your property.
Value my property →CHF 5,800 per m² is the current median for flats in Hérémence. It covers every sale, new and old, so a renovated flat sits above that line and one still needing works sits below it.
Count on roughly CHF 6,900 per m² for a house in Hérémence. That rate applies to habitable surface, which leaves out the garage, the cellar and any unconverted attic, all of which add value but never at the same rate.
The dominant band in Hérémence is before 1919, which covers 37 percent of homes. Average size runs to 3.8 rooms, so the commune is built mainly for households rather than for single occupants or short stays.