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Cottens (FR)

Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2186

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

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For Cottens (FR), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 364 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 8 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 13.1 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
8 m
Canton: 8.9 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
2

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
15.8 m

Canton: 77.6 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
364

0.6% of the canton

25 m or taller
0

0% of measured parcels

About Cottens (FR)

Cottens (FR) is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. For Cottens (FR), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 364 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 8 m, on three quarters at most 9.4 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 13.1 m.

For Cottens (FR), the median building height, 8 m, is close to the canton median of 8.9 m. The tallest building measures 15.8 m. 2 parcels have a building of 15 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 5. By median building height, Cottens (FR) ranks 92nd of 96 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 364 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereCantonSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)7.2 m7.6 m7.8 m
P50 (median)8.0 m8.9 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)9.4 m10.5 m11.5 m
P9513.1 m15.5 m16.6 m
Tallest building15.8 m77.6 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m2
  • 3-6 m19
  • 6-9 m235
  • 9-12 m79
  • 12-15 m27
  • 15-18 m2
  • 18-21 m0
  • 21-24 m0
  • 24-27 m0
  • 27-30 m0
  • 30 m or taller0

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 264 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 5.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor14
  • 2 floors129
  • 3 floors110
  • 4 floors9
  • 5 floors2
  • 6 floors0
  • 7 floors0
  • 8 or more floors0

Tallest buildings

Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 15.8 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller20.5%
25 m or taller00%
30 m or taller00%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Cottens (FR)

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Cottens (FR). Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.

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