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Vuadens: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2160 · 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
658

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
15
Median utilization
92 %

Canton: 86 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.35

Canton: 0.36

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
8.3 m

Canton: 8.9 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.3

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Vuadens

Vuadens is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The parcel data lists 658 parcels in 15 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle faible densité (409), Zone centre (107) and Zone village (79).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 92 %; half of the parcels lie between 56 % and 115 %. The canton median is 86 %, close to the level of Vuadens.

The median building height is 8.3 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.35. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 101 % (204 parcels), higher than the 91 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone résidentielle faible densité40997 %
Zone centre10773 %
Zone village7978 %
Zone d'activités 31957 %
Zone d'activités 1160 %
Zone mixte7130 %
Zone résidentielle moyenne densité787 %
Zone d'intérêt général 152 %
Zone d'intérêt général 6250 %
Zone touristique « Les Colombettes »2100 %
Zone d'activités 21100 %
Zone d'intérêt général 21100 %
Other zones (3)3-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 643 parcels with a value, half lie between 56 % and 115 %. The median is 92 % and the mean 88 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %22 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %38 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %30 %
  • 150 % and above10 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 643 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.23 and 0.48. The median is 0.35 and the mean 0.39.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5078 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0018 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above2 %

Building height

Of the 532 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.0 m and 9.7 m. The median is 8.3 m and the mean 8.6 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m44 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m49 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m6 %
  • 20 m and above< 1 %

Number of floors

Of the 399 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 2.8. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 23 %
  • 2 to below 362 %
  • 3 to below 535 %
  • 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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years65891 %
Last 60 years421105 %
Last 40 years388106 %
Last 20 years204101 %
Last 15 years111108 %
Last 10 years37115 %
Last 5 years13105 %

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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).