Gruyères
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2135
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Gruyères centerThe parcel data lists 1’503 parcels in Gruyères, covering 28 km². 71.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 968 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’503
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 28 km²
- 1.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 968 m²
- Canton: 1’290 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 71.1%
- Canton: 75.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Gruyères
Gruyères ranks 38th of 119 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg by number of parcels and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels on 1.7% of its area. The median parcel in Gruyères measures 968 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’290 m². Gruyères is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 71.1% of its parcels have a building, against 75.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone d'habitation générale (23%), Zone chalet (12%) and Zone de village (7.7%). In total, Gruyères uses 26 zone designations. In the data, 33.1% of the parcels have no zone designation.
According to the building register, Gruyères has 1’681 buildings with 1’275 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 46.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (19.3% of them), and 24.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’068 (71.1%)
Unbuilt: 435 (28.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone d'habitation générale | 346 | 0.33 km² | 88.2% |
| Zone chalet | 180 | 0.14 km² | 75.6% |
| Zone de village | 116 | 0.11 km² | 84.5% |
| Zone de protection de la cité | 77 | 0.03 km² | 77.9% |
| Zone résidentielle du domaine de la Loue -A-B-C | 65 | 0.09 km² | 81.5% |
| Zone parking "Moléson-Village" | 41 | 0.06 km² | 46.3% |
| Zone artisanale | 35 | 0.10 km² | 85.7% |
| Zone spéciale de Moléson SecteurA | 30 | 7.14 km² | 90.0% |
| Champ d'aviation | 27 | 1.50 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone de verdure "Moléson-Village" | 16 | 0.03 km² | 37.5% |
| Zone "Village" | 14 | 0.03 km² | 64.3% |
| Zone d'intérêt général | 13 | 0.03 km² | 69.2% |
| Other zones (14 labels) | 46 | 0.48 km² | 54.3% |
| No zone | 497 | 17.96 km² | 53.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’681 buildings with 1’275 dwellings here; 535 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’681
- Dwellings
- 1’275
- Single-family houses
- 535
- Building volume
- 1.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Gruyères
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Gruyères. 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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