Gruyères: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2135 · 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
- 939
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 24
- Median utilization
- 80 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.28
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.6 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Gruyères
Gruyères is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 939 parcels in 24 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone d'habitation générale (346), Zone chalet (180) and Zone de village (116).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 80 %; half of the parcels lie between 28 % and 115 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Gruyères.
The median building height is 8.6 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.28. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 112 % (213 parcels), higher than the 84 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone d'habitation générale | 346 | 87 % |
| Zone chalet | 180 | 70 % |
| Zone de village | 116 | 93 % |
| Zone de protection de la cité | 76 | 79 % |
| Zone résidentielle du domaine de la Loue -A-B-C | 65 | 94 % |
| Zone parking "Moléson-Village" | 39 | 0 % |
| Zone artisanale | 35 | 79 % |
| Zone de verdure "Moléson-Village" | 15 | 0 % |
| Zone "Village" | 14 | 10 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général | 11 | 94 % |
| Zone mixte de la Batteuse | 6 | 79 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général ter | 5 | 0 % |
| Other zones (12) | 31 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 911 parcels with a value, half lie between 28 % and 115 %. The median is 80 % and the mean 80 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %30 %
- 50 % to below 100 %35 %
- 100 % to below 150 %23 %
- 150 % and above13 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 911 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.10 and 0.48. The median is 0.28 and the mean 0.40.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5077 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above5 %
Building height
Of the 679 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.2 m and 9.9 m. The median is 8.6 m and the mean 9.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m39 %
- 8 m to below 12 m51 %
- 12 m to below 20 m10 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 497 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 359 %
- 3 to below 535 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 939 | 84 % |
| Last 60 years | 541 | 104 % |
| Last 40 years | 383 | 110 % |
| Last 20 years | 213 | 112 % |
| Last 15 years | 159 | 120 % |
| Last 10 years | 47 | 125 % |
| Last 5 years | 26 | 124 % |
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).