Vilters-Wangs
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3297
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Vilters-Wangs centerThe parcel data lists 2’822 parcels in Vilters-Wangs, covering 32.7 km². 63.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 874 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’822
- 1.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 32.7 km²
- 1.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 874 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 63.8%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1981
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Vilters-Wangs
Vilters-Wangs ranks 23rd of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 1.5% of the canton's parcels on 1.6% of its area. The median parcel in Vilters-Wangs measures 874 m², about the same as the canton median of 950 m². Vilters-Wangs is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 63.8% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (28.9%), Wohnzone 11.0 (18.8%) and Wohnzone 9.5 (12.8%). In total, Vilters-Wangs uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Vilters-Wangs has 2’635 buildings with 2’513 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 41.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (28.3% of them), and 21.9% 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: 1’800 (63.8%)
Unbuilt: 1’022 (36.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 815 | 19.23 km² | 47.0% |
| Wohnzone 11.0 | 530 | 0.35 km² | 92.3% |
| Wohnzone 9.5 | 361 | 0.25 km² | 91.4% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 192 | 11.41 km² | 20.8% |
| Kernzone 12.5 | 168 | 0.08 km² | 88.1% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 129 | 0.15 km² | 2.3% |
| Wohn-/Gewerbezone 11.0 | 96 | 0.09 km² | 90.6% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 95 | 0.19 km² | 0.0% |
| Wohnzone Tourismus 8.5 | 88 | 0.06 km² | 80.7% |
| Wohn-/Gewerbezone 13.5 | 77 | 0.06 km² | 80.5% |
| Wohnzone 13.5 | 66 | 0.07 km² | 97.0% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 41 | 0.13 km² | 61.0% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 164 | 0.64 km² | 59.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’635 buildings with 2’513 dwellings here; 1’006 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’635
- Dwellings
- 2’513
- Single-family houses
- 1’006
- Building volume
- 2.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Vilters-Wangs
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Vilters-Wangs. 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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