Plaffeien: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2299 · 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
- 1’355
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 48
- Median utilization
- 82 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.32
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.7 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Plaffeien
Plaffeien is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 1’355 parcels in 48 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone niederer Dichte 1 (411), Wohnzone niederer Dichte 2 (351) and Mischzone 1 (116).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 82 %; half of the parcels lie between 40 % and 113 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Plaffeien.
The median building height is 8.7 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.32. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 111 % (246 parcels), higher than the 88 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone niederer Dichte 1 | 411 | 77 % |
| Wohnzone niederer Dichte 2 | 351 | 100 % |
| Mischzone 1 | 116 | 96 % |
| Mischzone | 46 | 124 % |
| Wohnzone niederer Dichte 3 | 44 | 99 % |
| Kernzone 1 | 39 | 63 % |
| Mischzone 2 | 37 | 77 % |
| Wohnzone mittlerer Dichte 2 | 36 | 65 % |
| Kerzone | 34 | 83 % |
| Wohnzone mit schwacher Dichte - Heimland | 32 | 0 % |
| Mischzone 3 | 31 | 74 % |
| Wohnzone mittlerer Dichte 1 | 22 | 127 % |
| Other zones (36) | 156 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’314 parcels with a value, half lie between 40 % and 113 %. The median is 82 % and the mean 82 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %30 %
- 50 % to below 100 %34 %
- 100 % to below 150 %28 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’314 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.15 and 0.45. The median is 0.32 and the mean 0.34.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5083 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0014 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 1’041 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.3 m and 9.8 m. The median is 8.7 m and the mean 8.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m35 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m5 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 774 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.7. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 358 %
- 3 to below 531 %
- 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 | 1’355 | 88 % |
| Last 60 years | 814 | 108 % |
| Last 40 years | 587 | 114 % |
| Last 20 years | 246 | 111 % |
| Last 15 years | 172 | 118 % |
| Last 10 years | 102 | 129 % |
| Last 5 years | 49 | 135 % |
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).