Nesslau
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3360
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Nesslau centerThe parcel data lists 3’937 parcels in Nesslau, covering 92.7 km². 60.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 2’443 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’937
- 2% of the canton
- Total area
- 92.7 km²
- 4.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 2’443 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 60.7%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Nesslau
Nesslau ranks 14th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 2% of the canton's parcels on 4.7% of its area. The median parcel in Nesslau measures 2’443 m², larger than the canton median of 950 m². Nesslau is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 60.7% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (41.9%), Hinweis.Wald (13.2%) and BauG Wohnzone WE (11%). In total, Nesslau uses 27 zone designations.
According to the building register, Nesslau has 4’181 buildings with 2’552 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (76.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 59.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (31.5% of them), and 13.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’391 (60.7%)
Unbuilt: 1’546 (39.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 1’651 | 61.23 km² | 68.2% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 521 | 24.19 km² | 13.8% |
| BauG_Wohnzone WE | 433 | 0.35 km² | 90.5% |
| BauG_Grünzone Naturschutz ausserhalb Baugebiet | 215 | 2.58 km² | 28.4% |
| BauG_Kernzone K2a | 155 | 0.12 km² | 89.7% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 155 | 0.14 km² | 87.7% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 141 | 0.12 km² | 84.4% |
| BauG_Kernzone K3 | 96 | 0.09 km² | 86.5% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 92 | 0.38 km² | 7.6% |
| BauG_Grünzone vor III Nachtrag zu BauG | 86 | 1.51 km² | 37.2% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 70 | 0.49 km² | 70.0% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 59 | 0.14 km² | 10.2% |
| Other zones (15 labels) | 263 | 1.37 km² | 64.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 4’181 buildings with 2’552 dwellings here; 1’171 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 4’181
- Dwellings
- 2’552
- Single-family houses
- 1’171
- Building volume
- 4.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Nesslau
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Nesslau. 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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