Sâles
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2152
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Sâles centerThe parcel data lists 1’142 parcels in Sâles, covering 18.8 km². 82.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 2’837 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’142
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 18.8 km²
- 1.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 2’837 m²
- Canton: 1’290 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 82.6%
- Canton: 75.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1993
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Sâles
Sâles ranks 54th of 119 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg by number of parcels and holds 0.7% of the canton's parcels on 1.1% of its area. The median parcel in Sâles measures 2’837 m², larger than the canton median of 1’290 m². Sâles is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 82.6% of its parcels have a building, against 75.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle faible densité (20.5%) and Zone centre village (6.3%). In total, Sâles uses 7 zone designations. In the data, 64.4% of the parcels have no zone designation.
According to the building register, Sâles has 1’081 buildings with 645 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (63.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 53.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (11.2% of them), and 17.3% 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: 943 (82.6%)
Unbuilt: 199 (17.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle faible densité | 234 | 0.31 km² | 91.0% |
| Zone centre village | 72 | 0.09 km² | 81.9% |
| Zone de décharge DCMI-ME | 44 | 1.05 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone mixte | 30 | 0.05 km² | 86.7% |
| Zone d'intérêt général | 15 | 0.03 km² | 73.3% |
| Zone d'activité | 10 | 0.02 km² | 90.0% |
| Zone résidentielle moyenne densité | 2 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| No zone | 735 | 17.22 km² | 78.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’081 buildings with 645 dwellings here; 263 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’081
- Dwellings
- 645
- Single-family houses
- 263
- Building volume
- 1.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Sâles
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Sâles. 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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