Weesen
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3316
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Weesen centerThe parcel data lists 753 parcels in Weesen, covering 5.7 km². 72.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 748 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 753
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 5.7 km²
- 0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 748 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 72.8%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Weesen
Weesen ranks 70th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Weesen measures 748 m², smaller than the canton median of 950 m². Weesen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 72.8% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (31.5%), BauG Kernzone K3 (16.6%) and BauG Landwirtschaftszone (15.9%). In total, Weesen uses 17 zone designations.
According to the building register, Weesen has 842 buildings with 1’011 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 38.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (23.9% of them), and 18.8% 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: 548 (72.8%)
Unbuilt: 205 (27.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG Wohnzone W2 | 237 | 0.22 km² | 85.2% |
| BauG Kernzone K3 | 125 | 0.06 km² | 74.4% |
| BauG Landwirtschaftszone | 120 | 2.62 km² | 69.2% |
| BauG Wohnzone W3 | 64 | 0.05 km² | 85.9% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 50 | 1.93 km² | 28.0% |
| BauG Wohnzone W2a | 37 | 0.05 km² | 81.1% |
| BauG Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 28 | 0.07 km² | 57.1% |
| BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 24 | 0.04 km² | 66.7% |
| BauG Grünzone Freihaltung ausserhalb Baugebiet | 19 | 0.02 km² | 68.4% |
| BauG übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 13 | 0.08 km² | 46.2% |
| BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 10 | 0.01 km² | 80.0% |
| BauG Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 7 | 0.03 km² | 85.7% |
| Other zones (5 labels) | 19 | 0.57 km² | 31.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 842 buildings with 1’011 dwellings here; 311 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 842
- Dwellings
- 1’011
- Single-family houses
- 311
- Building volume
- 967’660 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Weesen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Weesen. 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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