Cottens (FR)
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2186
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 Cottens (FR) may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 447 parcels in Cottens (FR), covering 586’253 m². 84.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 880 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 447
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 586’253 m²
0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 880 m²
Canton: 834 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 84.8%
Canton: 84.3%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1998
Canton: 1993
Switzerland: 1976
About Cottens (FR)
Cottens (FR) is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zone résidentielle à faible densité (60%), Zone de centre village (24.4%) and Zone mixte (7.2%).
According to the building register, Cottens (FR) has 748 buildings with 688 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 40.8% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 2001 to 2010 (32.7%), and on 45.4% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1998.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 379 (84.8%)Unbuilt: 68 (15.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone résidentielle à faible densité | 268 | 0.29 km² | 90.7% |
| Zone de centre village | 109 | 0.14 km² | 81.7% |
| Zone mixte | 32 | 0.03 km² | 90.6% |
| Zone d'intérê général 1 | 12 | 0.02 km² | 25.0% |
| Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité | 8 | 0.03 km² | 75.0% |
| Zone libre | 7 | 0.03 km² | 28.6% |
| Zone de château | 6 | 0.02 km² | 50.0% |
| Zone d'intérêt général 2 | 2 | 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| Zone d'intérêt général 3 | 2 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone d'intérêt général 4 | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 748 buildings with 688 dwellings here; 277 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 748
- Dwellings
- 688
- Single-family houses
- 277
- Building volume
- 515’056 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Cottens (FR)
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