Benken (SG)
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3312
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Benken (SG) centerThe parcel data lists 1’313 parcels in Benken (SG), covering 16.5 km². 71.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’107 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’313
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 16.5 km²
- 0.8% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’107 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 71.1%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Benken (SG)
Benken (SG) ranks 60th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 0.7% of the canton's parcels on 0.8% of its area. The median parcel in Benken (SG) measures 1’107 m², larger than the canton median of 950 m². Benken (SG) is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 71.1% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (35.4%), BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 (14.1%) and BauG Wohnzone WE (13.3%). In total, Benken (SG) uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Benken (SG) has 1’619 buildings with 1’383 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (72.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 48.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (23.9% of them), and 30.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 934 (71.1%)
Unbuilt: 379 (28.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG Landwirtschaftszone | 465 | 12.06 km² | 59.6% |
| BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 185 | 0.13 km² | 95.7% |
| BauG Wohnzone WE | 175 | 0.15 km² | 90.3% |
| BauG Wohnzone W2 | 170 | 0.14 km² | 93.5% |
| BauG Kernzone K3 | 68 | 0.05 km² | 80.9% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 54 | 0.55 km² | 3.7% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 39 | 1.42 km² | 46.2% |
| BauG Wohnzone W3 | 28 | 0.02 km² | 96.4% |
| BauG Grünzone Naturschutz | 26 | 0.65 km² | 11.5% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 26 | 0.06 km² | 0.0% |
| BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 23 | 0.05 km² | 87.0% |
| BauG Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 19 | 0.12 km² | 84.2% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 35 | 1.08 km² | 62.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’619 buildings with 1’383 dwellings here; 550 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’619
- Dwellings
- 1’383
- Single-family houses
- 550
- Building volume
- 2.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Benken (SG)
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Benken (SG). 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.
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