Villaz: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2117 · 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
- 590
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 16
- Median utilization
- 87 %
Canton: 86 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.32
Canton: 0.36
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.0 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Villaz
Villaz is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 590 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle à faible densité (275), Zone résidentielle de faible densité (68) and Zone de village (43).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 87 %; half of the parcels lie between 55 % and 115 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Villaz.
The median building height is 9.0 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.32. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 106 % (149 parcels), higher than the 91 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité | 275 | 96 % |
| Zone résidentielle de faible densité | 68 | 91 % |
| Zone de village | 43 | 118 % |
| Zone de centre | 42 | 50 % |
| Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité | 37 | 76 % |
| Zone centre village B | 33 | 79 % |
| Zone d'intérêt général | 26 | 36 % |
| Zone de centre village | 21 | 55 % |
| Zone artisanale et industrielle -Bugnon et Crête | 12 | 67 % |
| Zone artisanale et industrielle - Vivier zone Sud | 10 | 45 % |
| Zone de centre village A | 9 | 86 % |
| Zone artisanale et industrielle - Vivier zone Nord | 6 | 56 % |
| Other zones (4) | 8 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 572 parcels with a value, half lie between 55 % and 115 %. The median is 87 % and the mean 87 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %23 %
- 50 % to below 100 %40 %
- 100 % to below 150 %29 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 572 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.22 and 0.46. The median is 0.32 and the mean 0.35.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5081 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 462 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.5 m and 10.6 m. The median is 9.0 m and the mean 9.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m32 %
- 8 m to below 12 m59 %
- 12 m to below 20 m9 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 361 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 28 %
- 2 to below 359 %
- 3 to below 533 %
- 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 | 590 | 91 % |
| Last 60 years | 354 | 98 % |
| Last 40 years | 297 | 100 % |
| Last 20 years | 149 | 106 % |
| Last 15 years | 104 | 114 % |
| Last 10 years | 37 | 131 % |
| Last 5 years | 15 | 121 % |
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).