Rue
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2097
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Rue centerThe parcel data lists 2’069 parcels in Rue, covering 19.7 km². 72.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’755 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’069
- 1.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 19.7 km²
- 1.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’755 m²
- Canton: 1’290 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 72.5%
- Canton: 75.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1993
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Rue
Rue ranks 21st of 119 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg by number of parcels and holds 1.2% of the canton's parcels on 1.2% of its area. The median parcel in Rue measures 1’755 m², larger than the canton median of 1’290 m². Rue is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 72.5% of its parcels have a building, against 75.2% across the canton. The figures for Rue include the parcels of 3 former municipalities that have merged into it.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle faible densité (11.1%), Zone village (8.4%) and Zone résidentielle à faible densité (5.8%). In total, Rue uses 29 zone designations. In the data, 62.3% of the parcels have no zone designation.
According to the building register, Rue has 1’676 buildings with 1’203 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 45% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2001 to 2010 (8.3% of them), and 16.1% 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: 1’500 (72.5%)
Unbuilt: 569 (27.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle faible densité | 230 | 0.22 km² | 95.2% |
| Zone village | 173 | 0.18 km² | 82.7% |
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité | 120 | 0.13 km² | 86.7% |
| Zone centre village | 100 | 0.11 km² | 89.0% |
| Zone équestre | 25 | 0.39 km² | 92.0% |
| Zone de décharge de trype A | 18 | 0.39 km² | 22.2% |
| Zone résidentielle à prescriptions spéciales Rue | 15 | 0.02 km² | 86.7% |
| Zone de centre | 13 | 0.02 km² | 76.9% |
| Zone résidentielle à prescriptions spéciales Pro | 12 | 0.02 km² | 83.3% |
| Zone agricole 16 LAT | 11 | 0.30 km² | 27.3% |
| Aire forestière 18 LAT | 7 | 0.08 km² | 14.3% |
| Zone d'intérêt général (1,3,6,7,8,9) | 7 | 0.01 km² | 85.7% |
| Other zones (17 labels) | 50 | 0.20 km² | 74.0% |
| No zone | 1’288 | 17.69 km² | 65.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’676 buildings with 1’203 dwellings here; 563 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’676
- Dwellings
- 1’203
- Single-family houses
- 563
- Building volume
- 2.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Rue
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Rue. 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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