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Mosnang: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3394 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
2’061

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
20
Median utilization
29 %

Canton: 58 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.08

Canton: 0.28

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
10.0 m

Canton: 9.6 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.4

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Mosnang

Mosnang is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. The parcel data lists 2’061 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (808), Hinweis.Wald (490) and BauG Wohnzone WE (194).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 29 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 107 %. The canton median is 58 %, so Mosnang sits below it.

The median building height is 10.0 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 217 % (249 parcels), higher than the 190 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
BauG Landwirtschaftszone80830 %
Hinweis.Wald4900 %
BauG Wohnzone WE19489 %
BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG214394 %
BauG Wohnzone W27399 %
BauG Kernzone K2a6898 %
BauG Kernzone K362100 %
BauG Kernzone K2b5293 %
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB440 %
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB350 %
BauG Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen25103 %
BauG Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A1875 %
Other zones (8)49-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 2’038 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 107 %. The median is 29 % and the mean 176 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %55 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %18 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %11 %
  • 150 % and above16 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 2’038 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.38. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.20.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5083 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0015 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 1’164 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.4 m and 11.4 m. The median is 10.0 m and the mean 9.9 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m18 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m69 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m13 %
  • 20 m and above< 1 %

Number of floors

Of the 652 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.0. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.4.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 26 %
  • 2 to below 350 %
  • 3 to below 544 %
  • 5 and above0 %

Building age cohorts

Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.

Built inParcelsMean utilization
All years2’061190 %
Last 60 years780242 %
Last 40 years589239 %
Last 20 years249217 %
Last 15 years182242 %
Last 10 years123286 %
Last 5 years52296 %

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How to read this page

room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).