Marsens: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2140 · 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
- 600
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 15
- Median utilization
- 92 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.31
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.4 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Marsens
Marsens is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 600 parcels in 15 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle à faible densité I (376), Zone de centre (62) and Zone résidentielle à faible densité Il (41).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 92 %; half of the parcels lie between 65 % and 121 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Marsens.
The median building height is 8.4 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.31. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 146 % (178 parcels), higher than the 110 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité I | 376 | 91 % |
| Zone de centre | 62 | 94 % |
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité Il | 41 | 96 % |
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité IlI | 32 | 97 % |
| Zone de protection du site construit | 24 | 149 % |
| Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité | 17 | 88 % |
| Zones d'intérêt général | 15 | 78 % |
| Zone résidentielle à densité répartie | 10 | 44 % |
| Zone d'activités | 6 | 14 % |
| Zone d'activités équestres | 5 | 69 % |
| Zone hospitalière | 4 | 34 % |
| Zone libre | 3 | 24 % |
| Other zones (3) | 5 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 581 parcels with a value, half lie between 65 % and 121 %. The median is 92 % and the mean 94 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %19 %
- 50 % to below 100 %41 %
- 100 % to below 150 %28 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 581 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.22 and 0.44. The median is 0.31 and the mean 0.35.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5083 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0015 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 480 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.1 m and 9.7 m. The median is 8.4 m and the mean 8.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m42 %
- 8 m to below 12 m51 %
- 12 m to below 20 m6 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 349 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.6. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 28 %
- 2 to below 364 %
- 3 to below 528 %
- 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 | 600 | 110 % |
| Last 60 years | 424 | 121 % |
| Last 40 years | 367 | 127 % |
| Last 20 years | 178 | 146 % |
| Last 15 years | 109 | 177 % |
| Last 10 years | 52 | 261 % |
| Last 5 years | 21 | 123 % |
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).