Flawil
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3402
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 3’160 parcels in Flawil, covering 11.5 km². 72% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 732 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’160
- 1.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 11.5 km²
0.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 732 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 72%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1974
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Flawil
Flawil is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 1.7% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.6% of their area. The median parcel in Flawil measures 732 m², smaller than the canton median of 938 m². Flawil is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 72% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (29.3%), BauG Landwirtschaftszone (15.1%) and BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 (11.8%). In total, Flawil uses 23 zone designations.
According to the building register, Flawil has 3’595 buildings with 5’165 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (64.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 37.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (23.4% of them), and 18.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1974, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’276 (72%)Unbuilt: 884 (28%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 927 | 0.59 km² | 93.6% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 478 | 6.52 km² | 52.9% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 372 | 0.33 km² | 90.1% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 250 | 1.76 km² | 6.4% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 150 | 0.21 km² | 3.3% |
| BauG_Wohnzone WE | 140 | 0.12 km² | 94.3% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 132 | 0.07 km² | 88.6% |
| BauG_Kernzone K2 | 121 | 0.04 km² | 88.4% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 121 | 0.16 km² | 86.8% |
| BauG_Kernzone | 105 | 0.06 km² | 90.5% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG4 | 58 | 0.06 km² | 93.1% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI B | 50 | 0.27 km² | 78.0% |
| Other zones (11 labels) | 256 | 1.28 km² | 58.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’595 buildings with 5’165 dwellings here; 1’236 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’595
- Dwellings
- 5’165
- Single-family houses
- 1’236
- Building volume
- 5.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Flawil
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