Eichberg
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3252
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Eichberg centerThe parcel data lists 1’084 parcels in Eichberg, covering 5.4 km². 57.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’221 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’084
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 5.4 km²
- 0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’221 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 57.2%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1990
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Eichberg
Eichberg ranks 64th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Eichberg measures 1’221 m², larger than the canton median of 950 m². Eichberg is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 57.2% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (32.2%), BauG Landwirtschaftszone (27.3%) and Hinweis.Wald (16.8%). In total, Eichberg uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Eichberg has 962 buildings with 740 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (85.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 42.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (32.1% of them), and 29.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1990, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 620 (57.2%)
Unbuilt: 464 (42.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 349 | 0.30 km² | 86.8% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 296 | 2.75 km² | 50.0% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 182 | 1.93 km² | 3.3% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 63 | 0.04 km² | 88.9% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 42 | 0.05 km² | 92.9% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 32 | 0.04 km² | 6.3% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 20 | 0.02 km² | 85.0% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 20 | 0.07 km² | 0.0% |
| BauG_Kernzone K2 | 13 | 0.01 km² | 84.6% |
| BauG_Grünzone Freihaltung innerhalb Baugebiet | 10 | 0.02 km² | 50.0% |
| BauG_Grünzone Naturschutz ausserhalb Baugebiet | 9 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 9 | 0.02 km² | 88.9% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 39 | 0.18 km² | 64.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 962 buildings with 740 dwellings here; 449 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 962
- Dwellings
- 740
- Single-family houses
- 449
- Building volume
- 907’311 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Eichberg
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Eichberg. 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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