St. Silvester

Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2303

Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.

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The parcel data lists 764 parcels in St. Silvester, covering 7 km². 81.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’211 m².

Key figures

Parcels
764
0.5% of the canton
Total area
7 km²
0.4% of the canton
Median area
1’211 m²
Canton: 1’290 m²
Switzerland: 881 m²
Built share
81.8%
Canton: 75.2%
Switzerland: 51%
Median year built
1993
Canton: 1988
Switzerland: 1975

About St. Silvester

St. Silvester ranks 82nd of 119 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg by number of parcels and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in St. Silvester measures 1’211 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’290 m². St. Silvester is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 81.8% of its parcels have a building, against 75.2% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone schwacher Dichte (37.4%) and Kernzone (6%). In total, St. Silvester uses 5 zone designations. In the data, 55.2% of the parcels have no zone designation.

According to the building register, St. Silvester has 758 buildings with 517 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (72.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 46.6% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (21.3% of them), and 19.5% 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: 625 (81.8%)

Unbuilt: 139 (18.2%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 5 largest zones first
ZoneParcelsAreaBuilt
Wohnzone schwacher Dichte2860.23 km²84.3%
Kernzone460.05 km²78.3%
Arbeitszone70.01 km²85.7%
Zone von allgemeinem lnteresse20.01 km²50.0%
Zone d'extraction des matériaux1< 0.01 km²0.0%
No zone4226.73 km²80.8%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 758 buildings with 517 dwellings here; 256 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
758
Dwellings
517
Single-family houses
256
Building volume
601’512 m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential354
  • Mixed use7
  • Non-residential353
  • Other44

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building

  • Before 192024
  • 1920-19457
  • 1946-196010
  • 1961-198070
  • 1981-2000133
  • 2001-201051
  • 2011-202048
  • 2021 and later23
  • Unknown year259

Maps and geodata for St. Silvester

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