Gams
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3272
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 2’204 parcels in Gams, covering 22.3 km². 62.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’084 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’204
- 1.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 22.3 km²
1.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’084 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 62.3%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1983
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Gams
Gams is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 1.2% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 1.2% of their area. The median parcel in Gams measures 1’084 m², larger than the canton median of 938 m². Gams is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 62.3% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (32.4%), BauG Wohnzone W2 (27.1%) and BauG Kernzone K3 (6.3%). In total, Gams uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Gams has 2’253 buildings with 1’737 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (78.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 48.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (24.8% of them), and 27.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1983, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’373 (62.3%)Unbuilt: 831 (37.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 713 | 16.85 km² | 51.9% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 597 | 0.47 km² | 84.6% |
| BauG_Kernzone K3 | 139 | 0.11 km² | 91.4% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 97 | 1.32 km² | 46.4% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 85 | 0.09 km² | 88.2% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 83 | 1.58 km² | 4.8% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 78 | 0.09 km² | 0.0% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 64 | 0.05 km² | 89.1% |
| BauG_Kernzone K4 | 54 | 0.05 km² | 98.1% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2a | 47 | 0.03 km² | 93.6% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 47 | 0.14 km² | 6.4% |
| BauG_Grünzone Naturschutz | 43 | 0.19 km² | 9.3% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 157 | 1.29 km² | 54.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’253 buildings with 1’737 dwellings here; 824 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’253
- Dwellings
- 1’737
- Single-family houses
- 824
- Building volume
- 2.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Gams
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Gams. 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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