Rorschacherberg
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3216
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Rorschacherberg centerThe parcel data lists 1’754 parcels in Rorschacherberg, covering 7.4 km². 75.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 883 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’754
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 7.4 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 883 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 75.2%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1983
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Rorschacherberg
Rorschacherberg ranks 51st of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in Rorschacherberg measures 883 m², about the same as the canton median of 950 m². Rorschacherberg is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 75.2% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2a (25.3%), BauG Wohnzone W2b (20.6%) and BauG Landwirtschaftszone (13.5%). In total, Rorschacherberg uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Rorschacherberg has 2’027 buildings with 3’914 dwellings, 1.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (63.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 26.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (28.6% of them), and 25% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1983, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’319 (75.2%)
Unbuilt: 435 (24.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2a | 444 | 0.41 km² | 89.4% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2b | 361 | 0.33 km² | 93.9% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 236 | 3.15 km² | 47.5% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 156 | 0.22 km² | 87.8% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 148 | 0.11 km² | 87.8% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 93 | 0.11 km² | 92.5% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 91 | 0.20 km² | 1.1% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 75 | 1.43 km² | 12.0% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W4 | 51 | 0.13 km² | 94.1% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 29 | 0.31 km² | 55.2% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 21 | 0.24 km² | 81.0% |
| BauG_Industriezone IA | 9 | 0.04 km² | 88.9% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 40 | 0.71 km² | 47.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’027 buildings with 3’914 dwellings here; 793 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’027
- Dwellings
- 3’914
- Single-family houses
- 793
- Building volume
- 3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Rorschacherberg
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Rorschacherberg. 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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