Vaulruz: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2155 · 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
- 303
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 5
- Median utilization
- 88 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.30
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.9 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Vaulruz
Vaulruz is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 303 parcels in 5 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle à faible densité (134), Zone de centre village (127) and Zone d'activité A (24).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 88 %; half of the parcels lie between 34 % and 132 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Vaulruz.
The median building height is 8.9 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.30. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 110 % (72 parcels), higher than the 102 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité | 134 | 91 % |
| Zone de centre village | 127 | 97 % |
| Zone d'activité A | 24 | 36 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général | 14 | 0 % |
| Zone de protection du château | 4 | 0 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 298 parcels with a value, half lie between 34 % and 132 %. The median is 88 % and the mean 99 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %28 %
- 50 % to below 100 %30 %
- 100 % to below 150 %23 %
- 150 % and above19 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 298 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.12 and 0.49. The median is 0.30 and the mean 0.38.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5076 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 225 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.4 m and 10.8 m. The median is 8.9 m and the mean 9.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m34 %
- 8 m to below 12 m52 %
- 12 m to below 20 m13 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 132 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 213 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 539 %
- 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 | 303 | 102 % |
| Last 60 years | 168 | 110 % |
| Last 40 years | 133 | 108 % |
| Last 20 years | 72 | 110 % |
| Last 15 years | 28 | 126 % |
| Last 10 years | 10 | 147 % |
| Last 5 years | 4 | 156 % |
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).