Gurmels
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2262
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Gurmels centerThe parcel data lists 3’276 parcels in Gurmels, covering 20.2 km². 76.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’139 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’276
- 2% of the canton
- Total area
- 20.2 km²
- 1.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’139 m²
- Canton: 1’290 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 76.5%
- Canton: 75.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1998
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Gurmels
Gurmels ranks 11th of 119 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg by number of parcels and holds 2% of the canton's parcels on 1.2% of its area. The median parcel in Gurmels measures 1’139 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’290 m². Gurmels is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 76.5% of its parcels have a building, against 75.2% across the canton. The figures for Gurmels include the parcels of a former municipality that has merged into it.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone schwacher Dichte (31.7%) and Dorfzone (7.3%). In total, Gurmels uses 15 zone designations. In the data, 46.3% of the parcels have no zone designation.
According to the building register, Gurmels has 3’199 buildings with 2’298 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (75.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 45% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (20.9% of them), and 24.7% 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: 2’507 (76.5%)
Unbuilt: 769 (23.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone schwacher Dichte | 1’040 | 0.86 km² | 87.9% |
| Dorfzone | 240 | 0.29 km² | 85.4% |
| Mischzone | 112 | 0.14 km² | 88.4% |
| Wohnzone mittlerer Dichte | 74 | 0.11 km² | 82.4% |
| Wohnzone niederer Dichte | 72 | 0.04 km² | 83.3% |
| Kernzone | 56 | 0.05 km² | 85.7% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 52 | 0.57 km² | 5.8% |
| Industrie- und Gewertbezone | 42 | 0.13 km² | 78.6% |
| Zone von allgemeinem lnteresse | 30 | 0.15 km² | 76.7% |
| Uferschutzzone | 14 | 0.14 km² | 21.4% |
| Materialabbauzone | 9 | 0.03 km² | 0.0% |
| Spezialzone für Pferde | 6 | 0.05 km² | 33.3% |
| Other zones (3 labels) | 13 | 0.08 km² | 61.5% |
| No zone | 1’516 | 17.53 km² | 69.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’199 buildings with 2’298 dwellings here; 1’123 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’199
- Dwellings
- 2’298
- Single-family houses
- 1’123
- Building volume
- 2.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Gurmels
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Gurmels. 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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