Buchs (SG)
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3271
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Buchs (SG) centerThe parcel data lists 3’373 parcels in Buchs (SG), covering 15.9 km². 74% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 712 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’373
- 1.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 15.9 km²
- 0.8% of the canton
- Median area
- 712 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 74%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Buchs (SG)
Buchs (SG) ranks 19th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 1.7% of the canton's parcels on 0.8% of its area. The median parcel in Buchs (SG) measures 712 m², smaller than the canton median of 950 m². Buchs (SG) is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 74% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (35%), BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 (12.8%) and Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB (9.7%). In total, Buchs (SG) uses 27 zone designations.
According to the building register, Buchs (SG) has 3’928 buildings with 7’027 dwellings, 1.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 37.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (25.6% of them), and 19.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’496 (74%)
Unbuilt: 877 (26%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 1’180 | 0.82 km² | 93.0% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 432 | 0.31 km² | 92.4% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 326 | 0.35 km² | 0.3% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 222 | 0.20 km² | 94.1% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 221 | 7.63 km² | 50.7% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 205 | 0.23 km² | 95.1% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 98 | 2.45 km² | 12.2% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W4 | 87 | 0.18 km² | 94.3% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 84 | 0.57 km² | 79.8% |
| BauG_Industriezone IA | 74 | 0.46 km² | 82.4% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG4 | 69 | 0.10 km² | 94.2% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 57 | 0.67 km² | 5.3% |
| Other zones (15 labels) | 318 | 1.97 km² | 60.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’928 buildings with 7’027 dwellings here; 1’488 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’928
- Dwellings
- 7’027
- Single-family houses
- 1’488
- Building volume
- 7.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Buchs (SG)
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Buchs (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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