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Eichberg

Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3252

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

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The parcel data lists 1’084 parcels in Eichberg, covering 5.4 km². 57.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’221 m².

Key figures

Parcels
1’084
0.6% of the canton
Total area
5.4 km²

0.3% of the canton

Median area
1’221 m²

Canton: 938 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
57.2%

Canton: 66.6%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1990

Canton: 1977

Switzerland: 1976

About Eichberg

Eichberg is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.3% of their area. The median parcel in Eichberg measures 1’221 m², larger than the canton median of 938 m². Eichberg is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 57.2% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (32.2%), BauG Landwirtschaftszone (27.3%) and Hinweis.Wald (16.8%). In total, Eichberg uses 20 zone designations.

According to the building register, Eichberg has 962 buildings with 740 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (85.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 42.1% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (32.1% of them), and 29.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1990, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 620 (57.2%)Unbuilt: 464 (42.8%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
BauG_Wohnzone W23490.30 km²86.8%
BauG_Landwirtschaftszone2962.75 km²50.0%
Hinweis.Wald1821.93 km²3.3%
BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2630.04 km²88.9%
BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3420.05 km²92.9%
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB320.04 km²6.3%
BauG_Wohnzone W3200.02 km²85.0%
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB200.07 km²0.0%
BauG_Kernzone K2130.01 km²84.6%
BauG_Grünzone Freihaltung innerhalb Baugebiet100.02 km²50.0%
BauG_Grünzone Naturschutz ausserhalb Baugebiet90.01 km²0.0%
BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen90.02 km²88.9%
Other zones (8 labels)390.18 km²64.1%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 962 buildings with 740 dwellings here; 449 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
962
Dwellings
740
Single-family houses
449
Building volume
907’311 m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential524
  • Mixed use16
  • Non-residential405
  • Other17

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192095
  • 1920-194514
  • 1946-196024
  • 1961-198093
  • 1981-2000199
  • 2001-201090
  • 2011-202076
  • 2021 and later19
  • Unknown year10

Maps and geodata for Eichberg

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