Overnight stays in nature in the canton of Fribourg

16 of 120 municipalities individually documented

In the canton of Fribourg, the municipality decides: Of 16 municipalities looked up, 14 attach conditions to it.

Cantonal: no general rule

What the canton itself regulates
Tent	unclear
Bivouac	unclear
Car / camper	unclear

What this means

Freiburg kennt keine allgemeine kantonale Regelung zum Campieren oder Biwakieren. Eine Volltextsuche im gesamten schweizerischen Kantonsrecht über lexfind.ch (Begriffe «campieren», «kampieren», «biwakieren», «camping sauvage», «bivouaquer») findet ausserhalb von Obwalden keinen Erlass, der das Übernachten im Freien allgemein regelt. Über das Übernachten im Freien entscheidet in diesem Kanton deshalb die Gemeinde — meist im Polizeireglement. Was die Karte dazu weiss, steht bei der Gemeindefläche.

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Fribourg does not have any general cantonal regulations on camping or bivouacking. A full-text search of the entire Swiss cantonal law on lexfind.ch (terms "camping", "camping", "bivouaking", "camping sauvage", "bivouaquer") does not find any decree outside Obwalden that generally regulates overnight stays outdoors. In this canton, therefore, the municipality decides on overnight stays outdoors - usually in the police regulations. What the map knows about this can be found in the municipal area.

Machine-translated, may be inaccurate — the original wording is authoritative.

Im Freiburger Recht erscheint «camping sauvage» in den Verordnungen zum Schutz von Säugetieren und Wildvögeln (922.13) und zu den Wildschutzzonen (922.17) — als Verbot innerhalb dieser Gebiete.

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In Fribourg law, "camping sauvage" appears in the ordinances on the protection of mammals and wild birds (922.13) and on wildlife protection zones (922.17) — as a prohibition within these areas.

Machine-translated, may be inaccurate — the original wording is authoritative.

Source & status
Volltextsuche im Kantonsrecht über lexfind.ch sowie die genannten Erlasse · Original document
Officially documented · last checked on 30/08/2026

Municipalities with their own information

Outside protected areas, the municipality decides. For these 16, their regulations have been looked up.

Tent camping in the 16 municipalities looked up
Only with a permit	14
Not regulated or unclear	2

Tent camping allowed or allowed under conditions:

Attalens (only with permission) · Bas-Intyamon (only with permission) · Bois-d’Amont (only with permission) · Broc (only with permission) · Courtepin (only with permission) · Fribourg - Freiburg (only with permission) · Granges-Paccot (only with permission) · Le Pâquier (FR) (only with permission) · Misery-Courtion (only with permission) · Morlon (only with permission) · Pont-la-Ville (only with permission) · Riaz (only with permission) · Val-de-Charmey (only with permission) · Vuadens (only with permission)

All municipalities looked up:

Attalens · Bas-Intyamon · Billens-Hennens · Bois-d’Amont · Broc · Courtepin · Fribourg - Freiburg · Granges-Paccot · Le Pâquier (FR) · Mézières (FR) · Misery-Courtion · Morlon · Pont-la-Ville · Riaz · Val-de-Charmey · Vuadens

For the remaining 104 municipalities of the canton, nothing has been researched yet. The map therefore leaves them unfilled and shows the municipality's contact instead — no entry never means “allowed”.

Not yet looked up

These municipalities of the canton do not have their own entry yet. They are listed here anyway, because the answer “nothing is regulated at cantonal level for Fribourg, and nothing has been looked up for your municipality yet” is an answer — and because the map holds the contact of each municipality.

Autigny · Avry · Belfaux · Belmont-Broye · Bösingen · Bossonnens · Botterens · Brünisried · Bulle · Châtel-Saint-Denis · Châtel-sur-Montsalvens · Châtillon (FR) · Châtonnaye · Chénens · Cheyres-Châbles · Corbières · Corminboeuf · Cottens (FR) · Courgevaux · Cressier (FR) · Crésuz · Cugy (FR) · Delley-Portalban · Düdingen · Echarlens · Estavayer · Ferpicloz · Fétigny-Ménières · Fräschels · Gibloux · Giffers · Givisiez · Gletterens · Grandvillard · Granges (Veveyse) · Grangettes · Greng · Grolley-Ponthaux · Gruyères · Gurmels · Haut-Intyamon · Hauterive · Hauteville · Heitenried · Jaun · Kerzers · Kleinbösingen · La Brillaz · La Roche · La Sonnaz · La Verrerie · Le Châtelard · Le Flon · Le Mouret · Les Montets · Lully (FR) · Marly · Marsens · Massonnens · Matran · Meyriez · Mont-Vully · Montagny (FR) · Muntelier · Murten · Neyruz (FR) · Nuvilly · Pierrafortscha · Plaffeien · Plasselb · Pont-en-Ogoz · Prévondavaux · Prez · Rechthalten · Remaufens · Ried bei Kerzers · Romont · Rue · Saint-Aubin (FR) · Saint-Martin (FR) · Sâles · Schmitten (FR) · Semsales · Sévaz · Siviriez · Sorens · St. Silvester · St. Ursen · Staatswald Galm · Surpierre · Tafers · Tentlingen · Torny · Treyvaux · Ueberstorf · Ursy · Vallon · Vaulruz · Villars-sur-Glâne · Villarsel-sur-Marly · Villaz · Villorsonnens · Vuisternens-devant-Romont · Wünnewil-Flamatt

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How the federal government, canton and municipality interact: Wild camping in Switzerland — what applies where?

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