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Givisiez: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2197 · 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
578

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
14
Median utilization
87 %

Canton: 86 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.42

Canton: 0.36

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.4 m

Canton: 8.9 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.8

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Givisiez

Givisiez is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 578 parcels in 14 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle de faible densité (163), Zone résidentielle de moyenne densité (122) and Zone d'activités (106).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 87 %; half of the parcels lie between 10 % and 127 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Givisiez.

The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.42. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 120 % (62 parcels), higher than the 92 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone résidentielle de faible densité16392 %
Zone résidentielle de moyenne densité122109 %
Zone d'activités10669 %
Zone de centre8072 %
Zone résidentielle de haute densité350 %
Zone mixte2055 %
Zone administrative140 %
Zone de village1245 %
Zone d'intérêt général (I à IV)9147 %
Zone libre80 %
Zone en attente d'approbation30 %
Zone commerciale250 %
Other zones (2)4-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 560 parcels with a value, half lie between 10 % and 127 %. The median is 87 % and the mean 89 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %32 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %27 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %25 %
  • 150 % and above16 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 560 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.10 and 0.81. The median is 0.42 and the mean 0.55.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5055 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0029 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.5011 %
  • 1.50 and above5 %

Building height

Of the 404 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.7 m and 12.0 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.8 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m27 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m48 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m24 %
  • 20 m and above1 %

Number of floors

Of the 230 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.1 and 3.4. The median is 2.8 and the mean 2.9.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 25 %
  • 2 to below 332 %
  • 3 to below 556 %
  • 5 and above7 %

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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years57892 %
Last 60 years334117 %
Last 40 years224120 %
Last 20 years62120 %
Last 15 years30155 %
Last 10 years13187 %
Last 5 years7237 %

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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).