Flums
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3292
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 3’680 parcels in Flums, covering 75.2 km². 65.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’066 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’680
- 1.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 75.2 km²
4% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’066 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 65.5%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Flums
Flums is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 1.9% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 4% of their area. The median parcel in Flums measures 1’066 m², about the same as the canton median of 938 m². Flums is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 65.5% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (35.3%), BauG Wohnzone W2b (15.4%) and BauG Wohnzone W2a (13.2%). In total, Flums uses 29 zone designations.
According to the building register, Flums has 3’955 buildings with 4’260 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (66%). Non-residential buildings account for 44.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (23.6% of them), and 18.4% 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: 2’410 (65.5%)Unbuilt: 1’270 (34.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 1’299 | 24.02 km² | 59.2% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2b | 566 | 0.36 km² | 82.0% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2a | 484 | 0.39 km² | 92.8% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 314 | 46.83 km² | 18.5% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2c | 131 | 0.09 km² | 84.7% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 123 | 0.10 km² | 89.4% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 121 | 1.33 km² | 62.0% |
| BauG_Kernzone K3a | 120 | 0.07 km² | 92.5% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 95 | 0.54 km² | 4.2% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 79 | 0.11 km² | 5.1% |
| BauG_Dorfkernzone DK3 | 52 | 0.08 km² | 86.5% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3b | 46 | 0.05 km² | 82.6% |
| Other zones (17 labels) | 250 | 1.19 km² | 68.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’955 buildings with 4’260 dwellings here; 1’263 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’955
- Dwellings
- 4’260
- Single-family houses
- 1’263
- Building volume
- 4.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Flums
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Flums. 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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