Estavayer: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2054 · 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
- 2’755
4 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 52
- Median utilization
- 88 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.35
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.9 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Estavayer
Estavayer is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 2’755 parcels in 52 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle à faible densité I (530), Zone résidentielle à faible densité (498) and Zone de centre village (271).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 88 %; half of the parcels lie between 49 % and 119 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Estavayer.
The median building height is 8.9 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.35. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 107 % (710 parcels), lower than the 196 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité I | 530 | 91 % |
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité | 498 | 90 % |
| Zone de centre village | 271 | 134 % |
| Zone de centre | 231 | 79 % |
| Zone de constructions mixtes hautes | 198 | 77 % |
| Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité I | 184 | 90 % |
| Zone centre village | 152 | 113 % |
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité II | 98 | 96 % |
| Zone à urbaniser par un PAD - (2ème étape) | 85 | 0 % |
| Zone libre à caractère de verdure | 56 | 249 % |
| Zone d'activités 4; industrie | 43 | 70 % |
| Zone de protection des remparts | 42 | 0 % |
| Other zones (39) | 367 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’699 parcels with a value, half lie between 49 % and 119 %. The median is 88 % and the mean 157 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %25 %
- 50 % to below 100 %36 %
- 100 % to below 150 %23 %
- 150 % and above15 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’699 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.20 and 0.62. The median is 0.35 and the mean 0.63.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5069 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above10 %
Building height
Of the 2’145 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.2 m and 11.5 m. The median is 8.9 m and the mean 9.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m39 %
- 8 m to below 12 m40 %
- 12 m to below 20 m21 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’615 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 355 %
- 3 to below 533 %
- 5 and above2 %
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 | 2’755 | 196 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’477 | 117 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’225 | 120 % |
| Last 20 years | 710 | 107 % |
| Last 15 years | 438 | 117 % |
| Last 10 years | 262 | 125 % |
| Last 5 years | 106 | 133 % |
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).