St. Ursen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2304 · 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
- 305
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 10
- Median utilization
- 90 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.43
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.2 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About St. Ursen
St. Ursen is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 305 parcels in 10 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone schwacher Dichte 1 (93), Wohnzone Mittlerer Dichte 1 (62) and Wohnzone schwacher Dichte 2 (61).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 90 %; half of the parcels lie between 60 % and 120 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of St. Ursen.
The median building height is 9.2 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.43. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 107 % (83 parcels), lower than the 157 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone schwacher Dichte 1 | 93 | 94 % |
| Wohnzone Mittlerer Dichte 1 | 62 | 74 % |
| Wohnzone schwacher Dichte 2 | 61 | 97 % |
| Mischzone | 40 | 89 % |
| Materialabbauzone | 15 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone Mittlerer Dichte 2 | 11 | 93 % |
| Arbeitszone | 10 | 226 % |
| Zone von allgemeinem lnteresse | 7 | 1’803 % |
| Kernzone | 5 | 59 % |
| Kiesaufbereitungszone | 1 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 293 parcels with a value, half lie between 60 % and 120 %. The median is 90 % and the mean 129 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %20 %
- 50 % to below 100 %41 %
- 100 % to below 150 %25 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 293 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.30 and 0.60. The median is 0.43 and the mean 0.47.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5066 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0026 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 243 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 10.0 m. The median is 9.2 m and the mean 9.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m16 %
- 8 m to below 12 m78 %
- 12 m to below 20 m5 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 202 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 357 %
- 3 to below 533 %
- 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 | 305 | 157 % |
| Last 60 years | 227 | 171 % |
| Last 40 years | 199 | 172 % |
| Last 20 years | 83 | 107 % |
| Last 15 years | 68 | 112 % |
| Last 10 years | 33 | 111 % |
| Last 5 years | 11 | 115 % |
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).