Echarlens

Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2131

Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.

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The parcel data lists 427 parcels in Echarlens, covering 5.2 km². 85.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’505 m².

Key figures

Parcels
427
0.3% of the canton
Total area
5.2 km²
0.3% of the canton
Median area
1’505 m²
Canton: 1’290 m²
Switzerland: 881 m²
Built share
85.2%
Canton: 75.2%
Switzerland: 51%
Median year built
1993
Canton: 1988
Switzerland: 1975

About Echarlens

Echarlens ranks 102nd of 119 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg by number of parcels and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Echarlens measures 1’505 m², larger than the canton median of 1’290 m². Echarlens is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 85.2% of its parcels have a building, against 75.2% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle à faible densité (19.2%), Zone de centre à prescriptions particulières II (7.5%) and Zone de centre I (5.6%). In total, Echarlens uses 10 zone designations. In the data, 53.2% of the parcels have no zone designation.

According to the building register, Echarlens has 465 buildings with 414 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (61.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 48.2% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (16.5% of them), and 23.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1993, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1988).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 364 (85.2%)

Unbuilt: 63 (14.8%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 10 largest zones first
ZoneParcelsAreaBuilt
Zone résidentielle à faible densité820.08 km²93.9%
Zone de centre à prescriptions particulières II320.04 km²87.5%
Zone de centre I240.02 km²75.0%
Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité160.02 km²81.3%
Zone de centre à prescriptions particulières I140.03 km²85.7%
Zone de gravière et décharge110.44 km²0.0%
Zone de centre II100.01 km²90.0%
Zones d'intérêt général70.02 km²71.4%
Zone de gravière I30.13 km²100.0%
Zone d'activités équestres10.03 km²0.0%
No zone2274.37 km²87.7%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 465 buildings with 414 dwellings here; 130 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
465
Dwellings
414
Single-family houses
130
Building volume
520’206 m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential210
  • Mixed use5
  • Non-residential224
  • Other26

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building

  • Before 192043
  • 1920-194515
  • 1946-196013
  • 1961-198012
  • 1981-200060
  • 2001-201054
  • 2011-202027
  • 2021 and later4
  • Unknown year136

Maps and geodata for Echarlens

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