Quarten
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3295
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Quarten centerThe parcel data lists 2’477 parcels in Quarten, covering 73.2 km². 68.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 913 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’477
- 1.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 73.2 km²
- 3.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 913 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 68.5%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Quarten
Quarten ranks 30th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 1.3% of the canton's parcels on 3.7% of its area. The median parcel in Quarten measures 913 m², about the same as the canton median of 950 m². Quarten is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 68.5% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (29.6%), BauG Wohnzone W2 (21.3%) and Hinweis.Wald (10.6%). In total, Quarten uses 29 zone designations.
According to the building register, Quarten has 2’646 buildings with 2’357 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (70.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 44.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (25.9% of them), and 12.9% 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: 1’697 (68.5%)
Unbuilt: 780 (31.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 733 | 7.12 km² | 65.8% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 528 | 0.42 km² | 87.1% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 262 | 27.10 km² | 29.8% |
| BauG_Wohnzone WE | 221 | 0.13 km² | 83.7% |
| BauG_Dorfkernzone DK2 | 146 | 0.07 km² | 86.3% |
| BauG_Dorfkernzone DK3 | 104 | 0.06 km² | 87.5% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 87 | 21.25 km² | 52.9% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 69 | 0.08 km² | 79.7% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2b | 47 | 0.02 km² | 85.1% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 39 | 0.38 km² | 17.9% |
| BauG_Grünzone Naturschutz ausserhalb Baugebiet | 38 | 0.11 km² | 7.9% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 34 | 0.11 km² | 64.7% |
| Other zones (17 labels) | 169 | 16.36 km² | 60.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’646 buildings with 2’357 dwellings here; 862 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’646
- Dwellings
- 2’357
- Single-family houses
- 862
- Building volume
- 2.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Quarten
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Quarten. 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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