Kaltbrunn

Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3313

Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.

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The parcel data lists 1’615 parcels in Kaltbrunn, covering 18.6 km². 74.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’027 m².

Key figures

Parcels
1’615
0.8% of the canton
Total area
18.6 km²
0.9% of the canton
Median area
1’027 m²
Canton: 950 m²
Switzerland: 881 m²
Built share
74.9%
Canton: 66.4%
Switzerland: 51%
Median year built
1988
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1975

About Kaltbrunn

Kaltbrunn ranks 56th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 0.8% of the canton's parcels on 0.9% of its area. The median parcel in Kaltbrunn measures 1’027 m², about the same as the canton median of 950 m². Kaltbrunn is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 74.9% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (33%), BauG Landwirtschaftszone (30.3%) and BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 (10.8%). In total, Kaltbrunn uses 20 zone designations.

According to the building register, Kaltbrunn has 1’990 buildings with 2’407 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 59.4% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 41.1% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (27% of them), and 32.1% 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: 1’210 (74.9%)

Unbuilt: 405 (25.1%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcelsAreaBuilt
BauG_Wohnzone W25330.40 km²94.0%
BauG_Landwirtschaftszone49011.66 km²56.9%
BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG31750.21 km²86.3%
BauG_Kernzone K31030.06 km²96.1%
Hinweis.Wald624.93 km²22.6%
BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI B450.13 km²93.3%
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB400.08 km²5.0%
BauG_Wohnzone W3320.07 km²87.5%
BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2290.04 km²93.1%
BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen240.14 km²70.8%
BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A230.12 km²95.7%
BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg160.11 km²43.8%
Other zones (8 labels)430.70 km²48.8%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 1’990 buildings with 2’407 dwellings here; 610 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
1’990
Dwellings
2’407
Single-family houses
610
Building volume
2.8 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential1’027
  • Mixed use60
  • Non-residential818
  • Other85

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building

  • Before 1920126
  • 1920-194588
  • 1946-196069
  • 1961-1980169
  • 1981-2000327
  • 2001-2010183
  • 2011-2020175
  • 2021 and later31
  • Unknown year42

Maps and geodata for Kaltbrunn

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