Jonschwil
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3405
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 1’725 parcels in Jonschwil, covering 11 km². 66.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 835 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’725
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 11 km²
0.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 835 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 66.4%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1993
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Jonschwil
Jonschwil is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.6% of their area. The median parcel in Jonschwil measures 835 m², about the same as the canton median of 938 m². Jonschwil is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 66.4% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2b (17%), BauG Wohnzone W2a (14.5%) and BauG Landwirtschaftszone (14.1%). In total, Jonschwil uses 23 zone designations.
According to the building register, Jonschwil has 1’800 buildings with 1’782 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (78.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 39% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (38.7% of them), and 27.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1993, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’145 (66.4%)Unbuilt: 580 (33.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2b | 293 | 0.19 km² | 93.9% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2a | 250 | 0.16 km² | 95.2% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 244 | 6.99 km² | 50.4% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 177 | 2.10 km² | 11.3% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 140 | 0.10 km² | 87.9% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 123 | 0.10 km² | 89.4% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 114 | 0.22 km² | 0.9% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 88 | 0.11 km² | 1.1% |
| BauG_Kernzone K3 | 69 | 0.06 km² | 91.3% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 63 | 0.23 km² | 90.5% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 42 | 0.04 km² | 90.5% |
| BauG_Kernzone K2 | 35 | 0.03 km² | 97.1% |
| Other zones (11 labels) | 87 | 0.66 km² | 71.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’800 buildings with 1’782 dwellings here; 771 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’800
- Dwellings
- 1’782
- Single-family houses
- 771
- Building volume
- 3.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Jonschwil
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