Echarlens: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2131 · 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
- 185
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 7
- Median utilization
- 93 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.34
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 Echarlens
Echarlens is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 185 parcels in 7 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle à faible densité (82), Zone de centre à prescriptions particulières II (32) and Zone de centre I (24).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 93 %; half of the parcels lie between 71 % and 123 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Echarlens.
The median building height is 9.1 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.34. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 123 % (60 parcels), higher than the 103 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité | 82 | 98 % |
| Zone de centre à prescriptions particulières II | 32 | 87 % |
| Zone de centre I | 24 | 93 % |
| Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité | 16 | 93 % |
| Zone de centre à prescriptions particulières I | 14 | 109 % |
| Zone de centre II | 10 | 62 % |
| Zones d'intérêt général | 7 | 89 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 177 parcels with a value, half lie between 71 % and 123 %. The median is 93 % and the mean 96 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %16 %
- 50 % to below 100 %40 %
- 100 % to below 150 %29 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 177 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.24 and 0.47. The median is 0.34 and the mean 0.37.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5079 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0018 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 146 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.7 m and 10.7 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m30 %
- 8 m to below 12 m58 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 105 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 24 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 549 %
- 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 | 185 | 103 % |
| Last 60 years | 129 | 111 % |
| Last 40 years | 117 | 112 % |
| Last 20 years | 60 | 123 % |
| Last 15 years | 28 | 161 % |
| Last 10 years | 12 | 197 % |
| Last 5 years | 3 | 280 % |
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).