Schmerikon
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3338
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Schmerikon centerThe parcel data lists 1’104 parcels in Schmerikon, covering 6 km². 74.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 713 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’104
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 6 km²
- 0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 713 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 74.6%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Schmerikon
Schmerikon ranks 62nd of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Schmerikon measures 713 m², smaller than the canton median of 950 m². Schmerikon is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 74.6% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2a (23.5%), BauG Wohnzone W2b (14.8%) and BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 (10.2%). In total, Schmerikon uses 21 zone designations.
According to the building register, Schmerikon has 1’325 buildings with 2’085 dwellings, 1.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 57.5% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 33.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (25.8% of them), and 23.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 824 (74.6%)
Unbuilt: 280 (25.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2a | 259 | 0.20 km² | 92.3% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2b | 163 | 0.13 km² | 89.6% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 113 | 0.12 km² | 86.7% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 89 | 1.27 km² | 47.2% |
| BauG_Kernzone K2 | 76 | 0.02 km² | 80.3% |
| BauG_Kernzone K3 | 76 | 0.02 km² | 85.5% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 61 | 0.06 km² | 88.5% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 44 | 0.03 km² | 95.5% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 42 | 0.11 km² | 7.1% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 40 | 0.82 km² | 10.0% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 34 | 0.13 km² | 47.1% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 26 | 0.15 km² | 7.7% |
| Other zones (9 labels) | 81 | 2.90 km² | 64.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’325 buildings with 2’085 dwellings here; 431 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’325
- Dwellings
- 2’085
- Single-family houses
- 431
- Building volume
- 2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Schmerikon
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Schmerikon. 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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