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Plaffeien

Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2299

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 Plaffeien may be incomplete as well.

The parcel data lists 1’354 parcels in Plaffeien, covering 1.8 km². 83.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 813 m².

Key figures

Parcels
1’354
1.7% of the canton
Total area
1.8 km²

1.4% of the canton

Median area
813 m²

Canton: 834 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
83.5%

Canton: 84.3%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1988

Canton: 1993

Switzerland: 1976

About Plaffeien

Plaffeien is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg.

Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Wohnzone niederer Dichte 1 (30.4%), Wohnzone niederer Dichte 2 (25.9%) and Mischzone 1 (8.6%).

According to the building register, Plaffeien has 3’298 buildings with 2’241 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 45.3% of all buildings.

Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1981 to 2000 (29%), and on 28.8% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1988.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 1’131 (83.5%)Unbuilt: 223 (16.5%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Wohnzone niederer Dichte 14110.34 km²90.3%
Wohnzone niederer Dichte 23510.32 km²92.0%
Mischzone 11160.13 km²82.8%
Mischzone460.04 km²87.0%
Wohnzone niederer Dichte 3440.04 km²90.9%
Kernzone 1390.04 km²89.7%
Mischzone 2370.04 km²94.6%
Wohnzone mittlerer Dichte 2360.04 km²94.4%
Kerzone340.04 km²91.2%
Wohnzone mit schwacher Dichte - Heimland320.04 km²9.4%
Mischzone 3310.06 km²71.0%
Wohnzone mittlerer Dichte 1220.02 km²95.5%
Other zones (36 labels)1550.61 km²51.6%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 3’298 buildings with 2’241 dwellings here; 901 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
3’298
Dwellings
2’241
Single-family houses
901
Building volume
1.7 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential1’329
  • Mixed use68
  • Non-residential1’495
  • Other406

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192077
  • 1920-194531
  • 1946-196070
  • 1961-1980260
  • 1981-2000328
  • 2001-2010154
  • 2011-2020123
  • 2021 and later49
  • Unknown year39

Maps and geodata for Plaffeien

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