Murten: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2275 · 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
- 2’568
3 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 57
- Median utilization
- 86 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.43
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.6 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Murten
Murten is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 2’568 parcels in 57 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone schwacher Besiedlungsdichte Il (480), Dorfzone (323) and Kernzone 1 (231).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 86 %; half of the parcels lie between 48 % and 128 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Murten.
The median building height is 9.6 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.43. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 109 % (427 parcels), higher than the 99 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone schwacher Besiedlungsdichte Il | 480 | 73 % |
| Dorfzone | 323 | 97 % |
| Kernzone 1 | 231 | 164 % |
| Wohnzone schwacher Besiedlungsdichte 1 | 225 | 89 % |
| Wohnzone mittlerer Besiedlungsdichte | 211 | 90 % |
| Kernzone III | 147 | 100 % |
| Kernzone Il | 132 | 89 % |
| Wohnzone III | 99 | 94 % |
| Mischzone | 89 | 91 % |
| Wohnzone schwacher Besiedlungsdichte III | 89 | 88 % |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 84 | 55 % |
| Wohnzone | 62 | 106 % |
| Other zones (43) | 396 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’517 parcels with a value, half lie between 48 % and 128 %. The median is 86 % and the mean 96 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %26 %
- 50 % to below 100 %34 %
- 100 % to below 150 %22 %
- 150 % and above18 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’517 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.24 and 0.70. The median is 0.43 and the mean 0.69.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5059 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0027 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above10 %
Building height
Of the 2’062 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.2 m and 11.6 m. The median is 9.6 m and the mean 10.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m22 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m20 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’473 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 355 %
- 3 to below 537 %
- 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 | 2’568 | 99 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’317 | 109 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’087 | 111 % |
| Last 20 years | 427 | 109 % |
| Last 15 years | 283 | 115 % |
| Last 10 years | 153 | 124 % |
| Last 5 years | 65 | 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).