Grabs
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3273
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Grabs centerThe parcel data lists 4’539 parcels in Grabs, covering 54.6 km². 61.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’123 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’539
- 2.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 54.6 km²
- 2.8% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’123 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 61.5%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Grabs
Grabs ranks 9th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 2.3% of the canton's parcels on 2.8% of its area. The median parcel in Grabs measures 1’123 m², larger than the canton median of 950 m². Grabs is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 61.5% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (39.9%), Wohnzone 11.2m (22.7%) and Kernzone Erhalt 15m (9.1%). In total, Grabs uses 24 zone designations.
According to the building register, Grabs has 4’444 buildings with 3’877 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (79.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 44.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (29.1% of them), and 19.3% 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: 2’790 (61.5%)
Unbuilt: 1’749 (38.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’811 | 18.35 km² | 53.2% |
| Wohnzone 11.2m | 1’030 | 0.78 km² | 93.6% |
| Kernzone Erhalt 15m | 413 | 0.29 km² | 94.2% |
| Freihaltezone Natur- und Heimatschutz aB | 282 | 1.43 km² | 18.4% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 201 | 0.25 km² | 2.5% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 189 | 2.57 km² | 9.5% |
| Wohnzone 14.8m | 139 | 0.15 km² | 83.5% |
| Kernzone Erhalt 12m | 109 | 0.05 km² | 92.7% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflseche aB | 103 | 0.38 km² | 11.7% |
| Oeffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 44 | 0.24 km² | 72.7% |
| Arbeitszone 15m | 37 | 0.12 km² | 81.1% |
| Kernzone Zentrum 18m | 35 | 0.04 km² | 88.6% |
| Other zones (12 labels) | 146 | 29.99 km² | 52.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 4’444 buildings with 3’877 dwellings here; 1’689 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 4’444
- Dwellings
- 3’877
- Single-family houses
- 1’689
- Building volume
- 4.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Grabs
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Grabs. 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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