Grabs
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3273
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 4’539 parcels in Grabs, covering 54.6 km². 61.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’123 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’539
- 2.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 54.6 km²
2.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’123 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 61.5%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Grabs
Grabs is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 2.4% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 2.9% of their area. The median parcel in Grabs measures 1’123 m², larger than the canton median of 938 m². Grabs is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 61.5% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (39.9%), Wohnzone 11.2m (22.7%) and Kernzone Erhalt 15m (9.1%). In total, Grabs uses 24 zone designations.
According to the building register, Grabs has 4’443 buildings with 3’876 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (79.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 44.3% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (29.1% of them), and 19.3% 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: 2’790 (61.5%)Unbuilt: 1’749 (38.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’811 | 18.35 km² | 53.2% |
| Wohnzone 11.2m | 1’030 | 0.78 km² | 93.6% |
| Kernzone Erhalt 15m | 413 | 0.29 km² | 94.2% |
| Freihaltezone Natur- und Heimatschutz aB | 282 | 1.43 km² | 18.4% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 201 | 0.25 km² | 2.5% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 189 | 2.57 km² | 9.5% |
| Wohnzone 14.8m | 139 | 0.15 km² | 83.5% |
| Kernzone Erhalt 12m | 109 | 0.05 km² | 92.7% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflseche aB | 103 | 0.38 km² | 11.7% |
| Oeffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 44 | 0.24 km² | 72.7% |
| Arbeitszone 15m | 37 | 0.12 km² | 81.1% |
| Kernzone Zentrum 18m | 35 | 0.04 km² | 88.6% |
| Other zones (12 labels) | 146 | 29.99 km² | 52.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 4’443 buildings with 3’876 dwellings here; 1’688 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 4’443
- Dwellings
- 3’876
- Single-family houses
- 1’688
- Building volume
- 4.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Grabs
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Grabs. 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.
Explore more data for Grabs
- Building zones and density Grabsin room
- ÖREB extract Grabsin lookup
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- Solar potential Grabsin soolar
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