Plaffeien
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2299
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Plaffeien centerThe parcel data lists 3’259 parcels in Plaffeien, covering 65.4 km². 76.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’032 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’259
- 1.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 65.4 km²
- 4% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’032 m²
- Canton: 1’290 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 76.6%
- Canton: 75.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1983
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Plaffeien
Plaffeien ranks 12th of 119 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg by number of parcels and holds 1.9% of the canton's parcels on 4% of its area. The median parcel in Plaffeien measures 1’032 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’290 m². Plaffeien is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 76.6% of its parcels have a building, against 75.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone niederer Dichte 1 (12.7%) and Wohnzone niederer Dichte 2 (10.8%). In total, Plaffeien uses 53 zone designations. In the data, 55.3% of the parcels have no zone designation.
According to the building register, Plaffeien has 3’298 buildings with 2’243 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.6%). Non-residential buildings account for 45.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (16% of them), and 15.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1983, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1988).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’497 (76.6%)
Unbuilt: 762 (23.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone niederer Dichte 1 | 415 | 0.35 km² | 90.1% |
| Wohnzone niederer Dichte 2 | 352 | 0.33 km² | 92.0% |
| Mischzone 1 | 116 | 0.13 km² | 82.8% |
| Mischzone | 46 | 0.04 km² | 87.0% |
| Wohnzone niederer Dichte 3 | 44 | 0.04 km² | 90.9% |
| Kernzone 1 | 39 | 0.04 km² | 89.7% |
| Mischzone 2 | 37 | 0.04 km² | 94.6% |
| Wohnzone mittlerer Dichte 2 | 36 | 0.04 km² | 94.4% |
| Kerzone | 35 | 0.04 km² | 91.4% |
| Mischzone 3 | 32 | 0.06 km² | 68.8% |
| Wohnzone mit schwacher Dichte - Heimland | 32 | 0.04 km² | 9.4% |
| Zone für Aktivitäten mit Pferden | 25 | 0.12 km² | 16.0% |
| Other zones (41 labels) | 248 | 2.38 km² | 63.3% |
| No zone | 1’802 | 61.75 km² | 72.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’298 buildings with 2’243 dwellings here; 899 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’298
- Dwellings
- 2’243
- Single-family houses
- 899
- Building volume
- 2.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Plaffeien
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Plaffeien. 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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