Kaltbrunn
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3313
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Kaltbrunn centerThe 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
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 533 | 0.40 km² | 94.0% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 490 | 11.66 km² | 56.9% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 175 | 0.21 km² | 86.3% |
| BauG_Kernzone K3 | 103 | 0.06 km² | 96.1% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 62 | 4.93 km² | 22.6% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI B | 45 | 0.13 km² | 93.3% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 40 | 0.08 km² | 5.0% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 32 | 0.07 km² | 87.5% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 29 | 0.04 km² | 93.1% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 24 | 0.14 km² | 70.8% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 23 | 0.12 km² | 95.7% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 16 | 0.11 km² | 43.8% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 43 | 0.70 km² | 48.8% |
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
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Kaltbrunn
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Kaltbrunn. 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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