Cottens (FR)
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2186
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Cottens (FR) centerThe parcel data lists 886 parcels in Cottens (FR), covering 4.9 km². 70.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’258 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 886
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 4.9 km²
- 0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’258 m²
- Canton: 1’290 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 70.4%
- Canton: 75.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1998
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Cottens (FR)
Cottens (FR) ranks 73rd of 119 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg by number of parcels and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Cottens (FR) measures 1’258 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’290 m². Cottens (FR) is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 70.4% of its parcels have a building, against 75.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle à faible densité (30.4%) and Zone de centre village (12.5%). In total, Cottens (FR) uses 11 zone designations. In the data, 48.5% of the parcels have no zone designation.
According to the building register, Cottens (FR) has 751 buildings with 726 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 40.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2001 to 2010 (20.2% of them), and 28.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1998, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1988).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 624 (70.4%)
Unbuilt: 262 (29.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité | 269 | 0.29 km² | 90.7% |
| Zone de centre village | 111 | 0.15 km² | 80.2% |
| Zone mixte | 32 | 0.03 km² | 90.6% |
| Zone d'intérê général 1 | 12 | 0.02 km² | 25.0% |
| Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité | 8 | 0.03 km² | 75.0% |
| Zone libre | 7 | 0.03 km² | 28.6% |
| Zone de château | 6 | 0.02 km² | 50.0% |
| Zone de l'aérodrome | 5 | 0.03 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone d'intérêt général 2 | 2 | 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| Zone d'intérêt général 3 | 2 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone d'intérêt général 4 | 2 | 0.07 km² | 100.0% |
| No zone | 430 | 4.22 km² | 55.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 751 buildings with 726 dwellings here; 277 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 751
- Dwellings
- 726
- Single-family houses
- 277
- Building volume
- 755’024 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Cottens (FR)
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Cottens (FR). Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.
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