Semsales: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2336 · 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
- 490
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 9
- Median utilization
- 90 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.33
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.1 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Semsales
Semsales is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 490 parcels in 9 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone de village (233), Zone résidentielle à faible densité (183) and Zone artisanale (26).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 90 %; half of the parcels lie between 36 % and 131 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Semsales.
The median building height is 9.1 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.33. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 106 % (152 parcels), lower than the 118 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone de village | 233 | 82 % |
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité | 183 | 99 % |
| Zone artisanale | 26 | 60 % |
| Zone artisanale-"Clos Laviau" | 15 | 12 % |
| Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité | 11 | 127 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général | 10 | 87 % |
| Zone de décharge | 5 | 0 % |
| Zone libre | 5 | 0 % |
| Zone d'activités à prescriptions spéciales | 2 | 163 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 479 parcels with a value, half lie between 36 % and 131 %. The median is 90 % and the mean 106 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %29 %
- 50 % to below 100 %27 %
- 100 % to below 150 %26 %
- 150 % and above18 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 478 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.16 and 0.62. The median is 0.33 and the mean 0.44.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5066 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0025 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 374 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 10.6 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m28 %
- 8 m to below 12 m62 %
- 12 m to below 20 m11 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 279 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.7. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 360 %
- 3 to below 532 %
- 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 | 490 | 118 % |
| Last 60 years | 280 | 116 % |
| Last 40 years | 240 | 120 % |
| Last 20 years | 152 | 106 % |
| Last 15 years | 99 | 108 % |
| Last 10 years | 37 | 126 % |
| Last 5 years | 28 | 132 % |
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).