Wattwil
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3379
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Wattwil centerThe parcel data lists 3’502 parcels in Wattwil, covering 51.2 km². 69.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’464 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’502
- 1.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 51.2 km²
- 2.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’464 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 69.5%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1969
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Wattwil
Wattwil ranks 18th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 1.8% of the canton's parcels on 2.6% of its area. The median parcel in Wattwil measures 1’464 m², larger than the canton median of 950 m². Wattwil is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 69.5% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (25%), Hinweis.Wald (16.9%) and BauG Wohnzone W2b (15.8%). In total, Wattwil uses 25 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wattwil has 4’344 buildings with 4’719 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (68.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 46.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (22.2% of them), and 14.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1969, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’433 (69.5%)
Unbuilt: 1’069 (30.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 877 | 34.01 km² | 75.6% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 592 | 11.05 km² | 11.8% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2b | 553 | 0.54 km² | 88.4% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 214 | 0.23 km² | 90.2% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2a | 213 | 0.14 km² | 96.7% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 183 | 0.18 km² | 97.3% |
| BauG_Kernzone K3 | 170 | 0.11 km² | 92.4% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 81 | 0.28 km² | 9.9% |
| BauG_Grünzone Naturschutz | 77 | 1.82 km² | 37.7% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 70 | 0.07 km² | 92.9% |
| BauG_Kernzone K4 | 69 | 0.08 km² | 91.3% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 58 | 0.46 km² | 75.9% |
| Other zones (13 labels) | 345 | 2.20 km² | 77.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 4’344 buildings with 4’719 dwellings here; 1’311 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 4’344
- Dwellings
- 4’719
- Single-family houses
- 1’311
- Building volume
- 6.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Wattwil
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Wattwil. 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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