Matran: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2208 · 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
- 493
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 13
- Median utilization
- 92 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.37
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.4 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Matran
Matran is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 493 parcels in 13 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle de faible densité 1 (383), Zone d'activité 2 (32) and Zone résidentielle de moyenne densité 2 (26).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 92 %; half of the parcels lie between 64 % and 120 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Matran.
The median building height is 8.4 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.37. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 127 % (82 parcels), higher than the 103 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle de faible densité 1 | 383 | 93 % |
| Zone d'activité 2 | 32 | 68 % |
| Zone résidentielle de moyenne densité 2 | 26 | 87 % |
| Zone de village | 21 | 97 % |
| Zone résidentielle de moyenne densité 1 | 12 | 88 % |
| Zone d'activité 1 | 6 | 8 % |
| Zone d'activité 3 | 3 | 100 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général (secteur1) | 3 | 26 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général (secteur2) | 2 | 100 % |
| Zone libre | 2 | 50 % |
| Zone Village Saint-Joseph | 1 | 100 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général (secteur4) | 1 | 100 % |
| Other zones (1) | 1 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 480 parcels with a value, half lie between 64 % and 120 %. The median is 92 % and the mean 100 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %18 %
- 50 % to below 100 %40 %
- 100 % to below 150 %29 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 478 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.24 and 0.50. The median is 0.37 and the mean 0.50.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0018 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 379 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.1 m and 9.6 m. The median is 8.4 m and the mean 8.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m42 %
- 8 m to below 12 m52 %
- 12 m to below 20 m6 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 298 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 543 %
- 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 | 493 | 103 % |
| Last 60 years | 357 | 114 % |
| Last 40 years | 293 | 119 % |
| Last 20 years | 82 | 127 % |
| Last 15 years | 43 | 159 % |
| Last 10 years | 24 | 111 % |
| Last 5 years | 21 | 113 % |
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).