Billens-Hennens: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2063 · Parcel data as of July 2025
The parcel data covers only part of the land in the canton of Fribourg, so figures here may be incomplete.
- Parcels
- 146
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 9
- Median utilization
- 98 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.33
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.1 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Billens-Hennens
Billens-Hennens is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 146 parcels in 9 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle à faible densité (75), Zone de centre village (34) and Zone de protection du site construit (24).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 98 %; half of the parcels lie between 61 % and 125 %. The canton median is 86 %, so Billens-Hennens sits above it.
The median building height is 9.1 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.33. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 111 % (36 parcels), lower than the 120 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité | 75 | 99 % |
| Zone de centre village | 34 | 67 % |
| Zone de protection du site construit | 24 | 186 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général 2 | 4 | 8 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général 3 | 3 | 68 % |
| Zone d'activité | 2 | 100 % |
| Zone des eaux 17 LAT | 2 | 0 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général 1 | 1 | 100 % |
| Zone libre | 1 | 0 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 137 parcels with a value, half lie between 61 % and 125 %. The median is 98 % and the mean 107 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %21 %
- 50 % to below 100 %32 %
- 100 % to below 150 %32 %
- 150 % and above15 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 137 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.23 and 0.44. The median is 0.33 and the mean 0.41.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5082 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0011 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 115 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.5 m and 11.4 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m32 %
- 8 m to below 12 m48 %
- 12 m to below 20 m20 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 95 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.2. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 23 %
- 2 to below 345 %
- 3 to below 552 %
- 5 and above0 %
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 | 146 | 120 % |
| Last 60 years | 103 | 110 % |
| Last 40 years | 86 | 118 % |
| Last 20 years | 36 | 111 % |
| Last 15 years | 23 | 115 % |
| Last 10 years | 16 | 135 % |
| Last 5 years | 6 | 112 % |
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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).