Amden
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3311
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 1’756 parcels in Amden, covering 47.6 km². 73.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 944 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’756
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 47.6 km²
2.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 944 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 73.3%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1970
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Amden
Amden is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 2.5% of their area. The median parcel in Amden measures 944 m², about the same as the canton median of 938 m². Amden is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 73.3% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (35.8%), BauG Wohnzone WEa (18.8%) and Hinweis.Wald (8.6%). In total, Amden uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Amden has 1’965 buildings with 1’715 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (66.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 44.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (25.6% of them), and 17.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1970, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’287 (73.3%)Unbuilt: 469 (26.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 628 | 34.05 km² | 77.5% |
| BauG_Wohnzone WEa | 331 | 0.24 km² | 90.3% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 151 | 7.09 km² | 42.4% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 133 | 0.10 km² | 85.7% |
| BauG_Kernzone K3 | 98 | 0.07 km² | 89.8% |
| BauG_Kernzone K2 | 75 | 0.07 km² | 84.0% |
| BauG_Grünzone Naturschutz | 68 | 0.84 km² | 36.8% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 41 | 0.07 km² | 58.5% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 41 | 0.06 km² | 7.3% |
| BauG_Wohnzone WE | 40 | 0.04 km² | 90.0% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 36 | 0.02 km² | 88.9% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 30 | 0.16 km² | 10.0% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 84 | 4.82 km² | 58.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’965 buildings with 1’715 dwellings here; 627 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’965
- Dwellings
- 1’715
- Single-family houses
- 627
- Building volume
- 1.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Amden
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