Villars-sur-Glâne: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2228 · 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
- 1’495
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 25
- Median utilization
- 81 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.44
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.7 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Villars-sur-Glâne
Villars-sur-Glâne is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 1’495 parcels in 25 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle à faible densité I (526), Zone résidentielle à faible densité Il (316) and Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité (201).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 81 %; half of the parcels lie between 52 % and 111 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Villars-sur-Glâne.
The median building height is 8.7 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.44. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 112 % (218 parcels), higher than the 88 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité I | 526 | 82 % |
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité Il | 316 | 105 % |
| Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité | 201 | 71 % |
| Zone de centre urbain | 116 | 58 % |
| Zone de Cormenon-Est | 72 | 91 % |
| Zone d'activités | 46 | 51 % |
| Zone résidentielle du Platy | 39 | 68 % |
| Zone résidentielle à haute densité | 31 | 97 % |
| Zone de centre village A | 25 | 78 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général A, B | 23 | 19 % |
| Zone de hameau | 22 | 77 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général« PARC URBAIN» B | 17 | 0 % |
| Other zones (13) | 61 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’467 parcels with a value, half lie between 52 % and 111 %. The median is 81 % and the mean 86 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %23 %
- 50 % to below 100 %44 %
- 100 % to below 150 %21 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’467 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.27 and 0.73. The median is 0.44 and the mean 0.54.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5058 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0028 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 1’204 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.1 m and 11.1 m. The median is 8.7 m and the mean 9.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m39 %
- 8 m to below 12 m41 %
- 12 m to below 20 m17 %
- 20 m and above3 %
Number of floors
Of the 958 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 346 %
- 3 to below 542 %
- 5 and above6 %
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 | 1’495 | 88 % |
| Last 60 years | 900 | 103 % |
| Last 40 years | 578 | 110 % |
| Last 20 years | 218 | 112 % |
| Last 15 years | 152 | 116 % |
| Last 10 years | 107 | 128 % |
| Last 5 years | 69 | 122 % |
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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).