Sâles: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2152 · 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
- 364
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 7
- Median utilization
- 93 %
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
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Sâles
Sâles is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 364 parcels in 7 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle faible densité (233), Zone centre village (72) and Zone mixte (30).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 93 %; half of the parcels lie between 68 % and 123 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Sâles.
The median building height is 8.7 m at 2.1 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 % (86 parcels), higher than the 98 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle faible densité | 233 | 93 % |
| Zone centre village | 72 | 92 % |
| Zone mixte | 30 | 97 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général | 15 | 124 % |
| Zone d'activité | 10 | 151 % |
| Zone de décharge DCMI-ME | 2 | 100 % |
| Zone résidentielle moyenne densité | 2 | 131 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 355 parcels with a value, half lie between 68 % and 123 %. The median is 93 % and the mean 94 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %17 %
- 50 % to below 100 %41 %
- 100 % to below 150 %30 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 353 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.22 and 0.45. The median is 0.32 and the mean 0.34.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5082 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 302 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.4 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 m61 %
- 12 m to below 20 m4 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 210 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.6. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 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 | 364 | 98 % |
| Last 60 years | 238 | 105 % |
| Last 40 years | 210 | 106 % |
| Last 20 years | 86 | 111 % |
| Last 15 years | 48 | 106 % |
| Last 10 years | 25 | 119 % |
| Last 5 years | 12 | 133 % |
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).