Châtel-Saint-Denis: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2325 · 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
- 1’883
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 20
- Median utilization
- 78 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.29
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 Châtel-Saint-Denis
Châtel-Saint-Denis is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 1’883 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone de chalets (491), Zone de la vielle ville (328) and Zone résidentielle à faible densité (327).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 78 %; half of the parcels lie between 31 % and 121 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Châtel-Saint-Denis.
The median building height is 9.1 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.29. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 125 % (520 parcels), higher than the 99 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone de chalets | 491 | 69 % |
| Zone de la vielle ville | 328 | 95 % |
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité | 327 | 94 % |
| Zone de centre A | 242 | 53 % |
| Zone résidentielle à prescriptions spéciales | 220 | 88 % |
| Zone Centre B | 116 | 53 % |
| Zone d'activité 1 | 42 | 73 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général | 39 | 0 % |
| Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité | 31 | 99 % |
| Zone d'ancienne décharge | 17 | 0 % |
| Zone d'activité 4 | 11 | 0 % |
| Zone libre | 6 | 0 % |
| Other zones (8) | 13 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’861 parcels with a value, half lie between 31 % and 121 %. The median is 78 % and the mean 94 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %34 %
- 50 % to below 100 %30 %
- 100 % to below 150 %19 %
- 150 % and above16 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’861 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.11 and 0.57. The median is 0.29 and the mean 0.51.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5072 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0015 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above7 %
Building height
Of the 1’439 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.6 m and 11.3 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m30 %
- 8 m to below 12 m51 %
- 12 m to below 20 m18 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’061 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 345 %
- 3 to below 546 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 1’883 | 99 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’027 | 112 % |
| Last 40 years | 830 | 117 % |
| Last 20 years | 520 | 125 % |
| Last 15 years | 324 | 142 % |
| Last 10 years | 172 | 177 % |
| Last 5 years | 88 | 192 % |
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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).