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Chénens

Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2177

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

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Canton only partly covered

The parcel data covers only about 7% of the area of the canton of Fribourg, so the figures for Chénens may be incomplete as well.

The parcel data lists 280 parcels in Chénens, covering 366’446 m². 81.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 858 m².

Key figures

Parcels
280
0.3% of the canton
Total area
366’446 m²

0.3% of the canton

Median area
858 m²

Canton: 834 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
81.1%

Canton: 84.3%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
2001

Canton: 1993

Switzerland: 1976

About Chénens

Chénens is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg.

Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zone résidentielle faible densité (43.2%), Zone centre village (21.8%) and Zone résid. à faible densité à presc.spéciales (10.7%).

According to the building register, Chénens has 473 buildings with 375 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (78.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 37% of all buildings.

Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1981 to 2000 (24.2%), and on 52% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 2001.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 227 (81.1%)Unbuilt: 53 (18.9%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 10 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Zone résidentielle faible densité1210.11 km²90.9%
Zone centre village610.07 km²72.1%
Zone résid. à faible densité à presc.spéciales300.02 km²60.0%
Zone d'activités 2210.06 km²71.4%
Zone mixte150.02 km²93.3%
Zone résidentielle à prescriptions spéciales140.01 km²85.7%
Zone d'activités 180.06 km²87.5%
Zone d'intérêt général60.02 km²50.0%
Zone résidentielle moyenne densité30.01 km²100.0%
Zone CFF1< 0.01 km²100.0%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 473 buildings with 375 dwellings here; 183 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
473
Dwellings
375
Single-family houses
183
Building volume
375’014 m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential234
  • Mixed use18
  • Non-residential175
  • Other46

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192017
  • 1920-19453
  • 1946-19609
  • 1961-198018
  • 1981-200055
  • 2001-201052
  • 2011-202051
  • 2021 and later15
  • Unknown year7

Maps and geodata for Chénens

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