Villaz

Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2117

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

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The parcel data lists 1’555 parcels in Villaz, covering 15.4 km². 83.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 2’500 m².

Key figures

Parcels
1’555
0.9% of the canton
Total area
15.4 km²
0.9% of the canton
Median area
2’500 m²
Canton: 1’290 m²
Switzerland: 881 m²
Built share
83.1%
Canton: 75.2%
Switzerland: 51%
Median year built
1988
Canton: 1988
Switzerland: 1975

About Villaz

Villaz ranks 37th of 119 municipalities in the canton of Fribourg by number of parcels and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels on 0.9% of its area. The median parcel in Villaz measures 2’500 m², larger than the canton median of 1’290 m². Villaz is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 83.1% of its parcels have a building, against 75.2% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Zone résidentielle faible densité (11.5%), Zone résidentielle à faible densité (6.2%) and Zone village (5.1%). In total, Villaz uses 21 zone designations. In the data, 59.5% of the parcels have no zone designation.

According to the building register, Villaz has 1’297 buildings with 1’093 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (64.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 43.4% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (13.6% of them), and 15.5% 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: 1’292 (83.1%)

Unbuilt: 263 (16.9%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcelsAreaBuilt
Zone résidentielle faible densité1790.17 km²93.3%
Zone résidentielle à faible densité970.14 km²79.4%
Zone village800.09 km²88.8%
Zone résidentielle de faible densité680.07 km²88.2%
Zone centre village B340.04 km²97.1%
Zone résidentielle moyenne densité310.06 km²90.3%
Zone de gravière260.32 km²0.0%
Zone d'intérêt général240.08 km²75.0%
Zone de centre village210.02 km²76.2%
Zone artisanale130.03 km²84.6%
Zone de centre village A100.02 km²90.0%
Zone d'activités 190.05 km²88.9%
Other zones (9 labels)371.37 km²48.6%
No zone92612.94 km²83.8%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 1’297 buildings with 1’093 dwellings here; 389 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
1’297
Dwellings
1’093
Single-family houses
389
Building volume
1.7 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential599
  • Mixed use19
  • Non-residential563
  • Other116

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building

  • Before 1920120
  • 1920-194533
  • 1946-196041
  • 1961-198049
  • 1981-2000176
  • 2001-201091
  • 2011-202094
  • 2021 and later15
  • Unknown year673

Maps and geodata for Villaz

geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Villaz. 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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