Mels
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3293
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 4’672 parcels in Mels, covering 139.1 km². 64.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 938 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’672
- 2.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 139.1 km²
7.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 938 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 64.4%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Mels
Mels is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 2.5% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 7.3% of their area. The median parcel in Mels measures 938 m², about the same as the canton median of 938 m². Mels is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 64.4% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (32.2%), BauG Landwirtschaftszone (31%) and Hinweis.Wald (10.7%). In total, Mels uses 23 zone designations.
According to the building register, Mels has 4’964 buildings with 4’756 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 47.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (23.9% of them), and 21.2% 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: 3’010 (64.4%)Unbuilt: 1’662 (35.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 1’504 | 1.00 km² | 92.6% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 1’449 | 94.32 km² | 55.7% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 500 | 22.08 km² | 21.6% |
| BauG_Kernzone | 183 | 0.10 km² | 86.9% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 180 | 1.04 km² | 7.2% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 150 | 0.20 km² | 7.3% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 147 | 18.76 km² | 57.1% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 115 | 0.09 km² | 91.3% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 74 | 0.09 km² | 97.3% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 57 | 0.05 km² | 94.7% |
| BauG_Dorfkernzone DK2 | 53 | 0.03 km² | 83.0% |
| BauG_Grünzone Naturschutz | 45 | 0.22 km² | 17.8% |
| Other zones (11 labels) | 215 | 1.14 km² | 70.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 4’964 buildings with 4’756 dwellings here; 1’779 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 4’964
- Dwellings
- 4’756
- Single-family houses
- 1’779
- Building volume
- 5.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Mels
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Mels. 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 Mels
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