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Echarlens

Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2131

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 Echarlens may be incomplete as well.

The parcel data lists 185 parcels in Echarlens, covering 226’667 m². 87.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 955 m².

Key figures

Parcels
185
0.2% of the canton
Total area
226’667 m²

0.2% of the canton

Median area
955 m²

Canton: 834 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
87.6%

Canton: 84.3%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1998

Canton: 1993

Switzerland: 1976

About Echarlens

Echarlens is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg.

Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zone résidentielle à faible densité (44.3%), Zone de centre à prescriptions particulières II (17.3%) and Zone de centre I (13%).

According to the building register, Echarlens has 465 buildings with 414 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (61.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 48.2% of all buildings.

Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1981 to 2000 (29.6%), and on 46.3% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1998.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 162 (87.6%)Unbuilt: 23 (12.4%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 7 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Zone résidentielle à faible densité820.08 km²93.9%
Zone de centre à prescriptions particulières II320.04 km²87.5%
Zone de centre I240.02 km²75.0%
Zone résidentielle à moyenne densité160.02 km²81.3%
Zone de centre à prescriptions particulières I140.03 km²85.7%
Zone de centre II100.01 km²90.0%
Zones d'intérêt général70.02 km²71.4%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 465 buildings with 414 dwellings here; 130 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
465
Dwellings
414
Single-family houses
130
Building volume
251’975 m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential210
  • Mixed use5
  • Non-residential224
  • Other26

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192018
  • 1920-19452
  • 1946-19608
  • 1961-19808
  • 1981-200048
  • 2001-201047
  • 2011-202025
  • 2021 and later3
  • Unknown year3

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