Rapperswil-Jona
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3340
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Rapperswil-Jona centerThe parcel data lists 5’681 parcels in Rapperswil-Jona, covering 31.4 km². 68.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 870 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 5’681
- 2.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 31.4 km²
- 1.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 870 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 68.5%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1981
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Rapperswil-Jona
Rapperswil-Jona ranks 4th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 2.9% of the canton's parcels on 1.6% of its area. The median parcel in Rapperswil-Jona measures 870 m², about the same as the canton median of 950 m². Rapperswil-Jona 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 Wohnzone W2c (24.7%), BauG Wohnzone W3 (13.6%) and BauG Landwirtschaftszone (10.5%). In total, Rapperswil-Jona uses 34 zone designations.
According to the building register, Rapperswil-Jona has 6’558 buildings with 14’498 dwellings, 2.2 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 54.9% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 31.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (29.2% of them), and 20.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1981, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 3’894 (68.5%)
Unbuilt: 1’787 (31.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG Wohnzone W2c | 1’404 | 1.12 km² | 95.6% |
| BauG Wohnzone W3 | 770 | 1.22 km² | 93.4% |
| BauG Landwirtschaftszone | 594 | 7.13 km² | 37.2% |
| BauG Wohnzone W2b | 570 | 0.51 km² | 93.9% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 359 | 6.23 km² | 4.7% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 334 | 0.68 km² | 6.9% |
| BauG Kernzone Altstadt | 210 | 0.05 km² | 77.1% |
| BauG Grünzone Naturschutz | 209 | 0.75 km² | 4.8% |
| BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 141 | 0.18 km² | 85.1% |
| BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG4 | 122 | 0.16 km² | 92.6% |
| BauG Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 102 | 0.62 km² | 74.5% |
| BauG Grünzone Erholung | 95 | 0.55 km² | 36.8% |
| Other zones (22 labels) | 771 | 12.16 km² | 67.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 6’558 buildings with 14’498 dwellings here; 2’078 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 6’558
- Dwellings
- 14’498
- Single-family houses
- 2’078
- Building volume
- 13 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Rapperswil-Jona
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Rapperswil-Jona. 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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