Sevelen
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3275
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 2’793 parcels in Sevelen, covering 30.3 km². 59.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 999 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’793
- 1.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 30.3 km²
1.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 999 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 59.5%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Sevelen
Sevelen is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 1.5% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 1.6% of their area. The median parcel in Sevelen measures 999 m², about the same as the canton median of 938 m². Sevelen is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 59.5% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (26.5%), BauG Wohnzone WE (14.3%) and BauG Wohnzone W2 (13.7%). In total, Sevelen uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Sevelen has 2’542 buildings with 2’768 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (77.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 40.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (23.8% of them), and 20.1% 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: 1’663 (59.5%)Unbuilt: 1’130 (40.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 741 | 12.51 km² | 39.3% |
| BauG_Wohnzone WE | 400 | 0.28 km² | 91.0% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 382 | 0.29 km² | 83.8% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 238 | 14.56 km² | 16.0% |
| BauG_Dorfkernzone DK2 | 181 | 0.10 km² | 88.4% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 159 | 0.36 km² | 52.8% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 127 | 0.14 km² | 0.0% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 93 | 0.12 km² | 92.5% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 69 | 0.39 km² | 1.4% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 68 | 0.08 km² | 92.6% |
| BauG_Kernzone | 67 | 0.05 km² | 91.0% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI B | 63 | 0.27 km² | 81.0% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 205 | 1.18 km² | 70.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’542 buildings with 2’768 dwellings here; 1’095 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’542
- Dwellings
- 2’768
- Single-family houses
- 1’095
- Building volume
- 3.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Sevelen
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