Eschenbach (SG)
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3342
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Eschenbach (SG) centerThe parcel data lists 4’620 parcels in Eschenbach (SG), covering 54.9 km². 64.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’209 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’620
- 2.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 54.9 km²
- 2.8% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’209 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 64.6%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Eschenbach (SG)
Eschenbach (SG) ranks 8th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 2.4% of the canton's parcels on 2.8% of its area. The median parcel in Eschenbach (SG) measures 1’209 m², larger than the canton median of 950 m². Eschenbach (SG) is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 64.6% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (31.5%), Wohnzone niedrige Dichte (27%) and Hinweis.Wald (12.7%). In total, Eschenbach (SG) uses 19 zone designations.
According to the building register, Eschenbach (SG) has 5’096 buildings with 5’112 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (70.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 44% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (29.8% of them), and 26.1% 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: 2’986 (64.6%)
Unbuilt: 1’634 (35.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’456 | 39.37 km² | 56.5% |
| Wohnzone niedrige Dichte | 1’249 | 0.92 km² | 90.9% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 587 | 11.22 km² | 9.4% |
| Wohn_Gewerbe_Zone niedrige Dichte | 359 | 0.32 km² | 88.9% |
| Kernzone | 271 | 0.19 km² | 93.7% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 145 | 0.44 km² | 4.8% |
| Wohn_Gewerbe_Zone_mittlere Dichte | 140 | 0.15 km² | 92.1% |
| Wohnzone mittlere Dichte | 112 | 0.14 km² | 96.4% |
| Arbeitszone | 87 | 0.45 km² | 79.3% |
| Zone_f_oeff_Bauten_u_Anlagen | 68 | 0.30 km² | 82.4% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 54 | 0.39 km² | 7.4% |
| Schutzzone Natur- und Heimatschutz aB | 49 | 0.59 km² | 14.3% |
| Other zones (7 labels) | 43 | 0.41 km² | 46.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 5’096 buildings with 5’112 dwellings here; 1’785 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 5’096
- Dwellings
- 5’112
- Single-family houses
- 1’785
- Building volume
- 6.6 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Eschenbach (SG)
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Eschenbach (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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