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Villars-sur-Glâne

Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2228

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

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For Villars-sur-Glâne (FR), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’248 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 8.5 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 18.6 m or lower.

Key figures

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

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
47.7 m

Canton: 77.6 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
1’248

1.9% of the canton

25 m or taller
21

1.7% of measured parcels

About Villars-sur-Glâne

Villars-sur-Glâne is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. For Villars-sur-Glâne, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 1’248 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 8.5 m, on three quarters at most 11 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 18.6 m.

For Villars-sur-Glâne, the median building height, 8.5 m, is close to the canton median of 8.9 m. The tallest building measures 47.7 m. 7 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 12. By median building height, Villars-sur-Glâne ranks 71st of 96 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 1’248 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)8.5 m8.9 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)11.0 m10.5 m11.5 m
P9518.6 m15.5 m16.6 m
Tallest building47.7 m77.6 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m11
  • 3-6 m117
  • 6-9 m580
  • 9-12 m281
  • 12-15 m124
  • 15-18 m58
  • 18-21 m37
  • 21-24 m17
  • 24-27 m10
  • 27-30 m6
  • 30 m or taller7

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 972 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 12.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor56
  • 2 floors442
  • 3 floors313
  • 4 floors90
  • 5 floors38
  • 6 floors13
  • 7 floors7
  • 8 or more floors13

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 47.7 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller13510.8%
25 m or taller211.7%
30 m or taller70.6%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Villars-sur-Glâne

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Villars-sur-Glâne. 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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