Gurmels
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2262
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Gurmels center
Canton only partly covered
The parcel data covers only about 7% of the area of the canton of Fribourg, so the figures for Gurmels may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 1’686 parcels in Gurmels, covering 1.8 km². 86.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 741 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’686
- 2.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 1.8 km²
1.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 741 m²
Canton: 834 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 86.1%
Canton: 84.3%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1998
Canton: 1993
Switzerland: 1976
About Gurmels
Gurmels is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. The figures for Gurmels include the parcels of a former municipality that has merged into it.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Wohnzone schwacher Dichte (61.7%), Dorfzone (14.2%) and Mischzone (6.6%).
According to the building register, Gurmels has 3’196 buildings with 2’299 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (75.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 44.9% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1981 to 2000 (34%), and on 41.6% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1998.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’451 (86.1%)Unbuilt: 235 (13.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone schwacher Dichte | 1’040 | 0.86 km² | 87.9% |
| Dorfzone | 239 | 0.29 km² | 85.4% |
| Mischzone | 112 | 0.14 km² | 88.4% |
| Wohnzone mittlerer Dichte | 74 | 0.11 km² | 82.4% |
| Wohnzone niederer Dichte | 72 | 0.04 km² | 83.3% |
| Kernzone | 56 | 0.05 km² | 85.7% |
| Industrie- und Gewertbezone | 42 | 0.13 km² | 78.6% |
| Zone von allgemeinem lnteresse | 29 | 0.14 km² | 79.3% |
| Uferschutzzone | 9 | 0.01 km² | 22.2% |
| Zone von allgemeinem Interesse | 5 | 0.01 km² | 60.0% |
| Arbeitszone | 3 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (2 labels) | 3 | 0.01 km² | 33.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’196 buildings with 2’299 dwellings here; 1’123 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’196
- Dwellings
- 2’299
- Single-family houses
- 1’123
- Building volume
- 2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Gurmels
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Gurmels. 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.
Explore more data for Gurmels
- Building zones and density Gurmelsin room
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- Building age Gurmelsin roots
- Building heights and headroom Gurmelsin roofs
- Solar potential Gurmelsin soolar
- Points of interest and accessibility Gurmelsin scoore
- Tax rates Gurmelsin taxoo
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