Vaulruz
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2155
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Vaulruz centerThe parcel data lists 663 parcels in Vaulruz, covering 9.8 km². 65.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’751 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 663
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 9.8 km²
- 0.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’751 m²
- Canton: 1’290 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 65.9%
- Canton: 75.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Vaulruz
Vaulruz ranks 89th of 119 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.6% of its area. The median parcel in Vaulruz measures 1’751 m², larger than the canton median of 1’290 m². Vaulruz is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 65.9% of its parcels have a building, against 75.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle à faible densité (20.2%), Zone de centre village (19%) and Zone de décharge DCMI-ME (8.7%). In total, Vaulruz uses 10 zone designations. In the data, 43.6% of the parcels have no zone designation.
According to the building register, Vaulruz has 748 buildings with 538 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (62.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 55.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 2001 to 2010 (15.8% of them), and 22.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 437 (65.9%)
Unbuilt: 226 (34.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité | 134 | 0.12 km² | 85.8% |
| Zone de centre village | 126 | 0.16 km² | 84.1% |
| Zone de décharge DCMI-ME | 58 | 2.96 km² | 98.3% |
| Zone d'activité A | 24 | 0.13 km² | 75.0% |
| Zone d'intérêt général | 14 | 0.02 km² | 42.9% |
| Zone de protection du château | 10 | 0.20 km² | 30.0% |
| Zone de gravière et décharge | 5 | 0.16 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone résidentielle faible densité | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone spéciale de Moléson SecteurA | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone touristique « Les Colombettes » | 1 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| No zone | 289 | 6.09 km² | 45.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 748 buildings with 538 dwellings here; 170 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 748
- Dwellings
- 538
- Single-family houses
- 170
- Building volume
- 963’353 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Vaulruz
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Vaulruz. 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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