Matran
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2208
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Matran centerThe parcel data lists 672 parcels in Matran, covering 2.9 km². 81.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 943 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 672
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 2.9 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 943 m²
- Canton: 1’290 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 81.4%
- Canton: 75.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1993
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Matran
Matran ranks 88th of 119 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Matran measures 943 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’290 m². Matran is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 81.4% of its parcels have a building, against 75.2% across the canton.
The most common zone is Zone résidentielle de faible densité 1, with 57.1% of the parcels. In total, Matran uses 13 zone designations. In the data, 26.3% of the parcels have no zone designation.
According to the building register, Matran has 787 buildings with 1’048 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (69.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 36.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (33.8% of them), and 24.3% 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: 547 (81.4%)
Unbuilt: 125 (18.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle de faible densité 1 | 384 | 0.32 km² | 90.9% |
| Zone d'activité 2 | 32 | 0.23 km² | 65.6% |
| Zone résidentielle de moyenne densité 2 | 26 | 0.05 km² | 69.2% |
| Zone de village | 21 | 0.04 km² | 81.0% |
| Zone résidentielle de moyenne densité 1 | 12 | 0.02 km² | 75.0% |
| Zone d'activité 1 | 7 | 0.02 km² | 57.1% |
| Zone d'activité 3 | 3 | 0.03 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone d'intérêt général (secteur1) | 3 | 0.01 km² | 66.7% |
| Zone d'intérêt général (secteur2) | 2 | 0.03 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone libre | 2 | 0.02 km² | 50.0% |
| Zone Village Saint-Joseph | 1 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone d'intérêt général (secteur4) | 1 | 0.02 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone résidentielle de faible densité 2 | 1 | 0.02 km² | 100.0% |
| No zone | 177 | 2.08 km² | 66.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 787 buildings with 1’048 dwellings here; 287 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 787
- Dwellings
- 1’048
- Single-family houses
- 287
- Building volume
- 1.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Matran
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Matran. 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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