Mörschwil
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3214
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Mörschwil center
The parcel data lists 1’404 parcels in Mörschwil, covering 9.8 km². 68.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’058 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’404
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 9.8 km²
0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’058 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 68.7%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1988
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Mörschwil
Mörschwil is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 0.7% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.5% of their area. The median parcel in Mörschwil measures 1’058 m², about the same as the canton median of 938 m². Mörschwil is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 68.7% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone WEa (27.7%), BauG Landwirtschaftszone (14.6%) and BauG übriges Gemeindegebiet Strasse Weg (11%). In total, Mörschwil uses 20 zone designations.
According to the building register, Mörschwil has 1’581 buildings with 1’640 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (70.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 37.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (33.4% of them), and 26.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 964 (68.7%)Unbuilt: 440 (31.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone WEa | 389 | 0.32 km² | 93.1% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 205 | 5.74 km² | 46.8% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet Strasse_Weg | 155 | 0.52 km² | 2.6% |
| BauG_Kernzone K2 | 131 | 0.13 km² | 94.7% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 124 | 0.12 km² | 96.0% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 100 | 2.03 km² | 7.0% |
| BauG_Wohnzone WE | 71 | 0.11 km² | 95.8% |
| BauG_Kernzone K3 | 49 | 0.05 km² | 89.8% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 40 | 0.08 km² | 97.5% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 34 | 0.08 km² | 70.6% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 34 | 0.03 km² | 85.3% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 17 | 0.09 km² | 82.4% |
| Other zones (8 labels) | 55 | 0.54 km² | 61.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’581 buildings with 1’640 dwellings here; 609 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’581
- Dwellings
- 1’640
- Single-family houses
- 609
- Building volume
- 2.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Mörschwil
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Mörschwil. 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 Mörschwil
- Building zones and density Mörschwilin room
- ÖREB extract Mörschwilin lookup
- Building age Mörschwilin roots
- Building heights and headroom Mörschwilin roofs
- Solar potential Mörschwilin soolar
- Points of interest and accessibility Mörschwilin scoore
- Tax rates Mörschwilin taxoo
More municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen
- Altstätten6’326 parcels
- Eschenbach (SG)4’620 parcels
- Gossau (SG)4’448 parcels
- Grabs4’539 parcels
- Kirchberg (SG)4’390 parcels
- Mels4’672 parcels
- Oberriet (SG)6’114 parcels
- Rapperswil-Jona5’679 parcels
- St. Gallen11’898 parcels
- Uzwil4’006 parcels
- Wil (SG)5’496 parcels
- Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann4’500 parcels