Quarten
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3295
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 2’477 parcels in Quarten, covering 73.2 km². 68.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 913 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’477
- 1.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 73.2 km²
3.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 913 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 68.5%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1965
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Quarten
Quarten is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 1.3% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 3.9% of their area. The median parcel in Quarten measures 913 m², about the same as the canton median of 938 m². Quarten is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 68.5% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (29.6%), BauG Wohnzone W2 (21.3%) and Hinweis.Wald (10.6%). In total, Quarten uses 29 zone designations.
According to the building register, Quarten has 2’648 buildings with 2’358 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (70.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 44.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (25.9% of them), and 12.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’697 (68.5%)Unbuilt: 780 (31.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 733 | 7.12 km² | 65.8% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 528 | 0.42 km² | 87.1% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 262 | 27.10 km² | 29.8% |
| BauG_Wohnzone WE | 221 | 0.13 km² | 83.7% |
| BauG_Dorfkernzone DK2 | 146 | 0.07 km² | 86.3% |
| BauG_Dorfkernzone DK3 | 104 | 0.06 km² | 87.5% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 87 | 21.25 km² | 52.9% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 69 | 0.08 km² | 79.7% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2b | 47 | 0.02 km² | 85.1% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 39 | 0.38 km² | 17.9% |
| BauG_Grünzone Naturschutz ausserhalb Baugebiet | 38 | 0.11 km² | 7.9% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 34 | 0.11 km² | 64.7% |
| Other zones (17 labels) | 169 | 16.36 km² | 60.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’648 buildings with 2’358 dwellings here; 863 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’648
- Dwellings
- 2’358
- Single-family houses
- 863
- Building volume
- 2.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Quarten
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