Wittenbach
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3204
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 1’936 parcels in Wittenbach, covering 12.2 km². 78.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 903 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’936
- 1% of the canton
- Total area
- 12.2 km²
0.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 903 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 78.4%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Wittenbach
Wittenbach is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 1% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.6% of their area. The median parcel in Wittenbach measures 903 m², about the same as the canton median of 938 m². Wittenbach is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 78.4% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (42.1%), BauG Landwirtschaftszone (15.6%) and BauG Wohnzone W3 (7.7%). In total, Wittenbach uses 21 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wittenbach has 2’500 buildings with 4’798 dwellings, 1.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 27.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (35.6% of them), and 22.5% 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: 1’518 (78.4%)Unbuilt: 418 (21.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 816 | 0.59 km² | 95.5% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 302 | 7.50 km² | 55.0% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 149 | 0.19 km² | 94.6% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W4 | 120 | 0.31 km² | 95.8% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG4 | 104 | 0.16 km² | 94.2% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 80 | 0.20 km² | 0.0% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 76 | 1.15 km² | 9.2% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 59 | 0.23 km² | 91.5% |
| BauG_Kernzone K3 | 39 | 0.07 km² | 69.2% |
| BauG_Grünzone Erholung innerhalb Baugebiet | 37 | 0.08 km² | 73.0% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 35 | 0.04 km² | 85.7% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 34 | 0.38 km² | 70.6% |
| Other zones (9 labels) | 85 | 1.30 km² | 58.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’500 buildings with 4’798 dwellings here; 1’030 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’500
- Dwellings
- 4’798
- Single-family houses
- 1’030
- Building volume
- 4.1 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Wittenbach
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