Businesses in Flums

Categories in Flums

Car & Light Vehicle Dealerships Car repair Car Repair and Maintenance Gas Station Farming Cleaners Clothing stores Chapel Shipping Company Architects Carpenter Construction of buildings Dry Wall Contractor Engineer HVAC Contractor Painting and paint contractors Kindergarten Primary School Website Designer Bakeries Bars, pubs and taverns Grocery stores and supermarkets Restaurants Swiss Restaurant Atm's Banks Insurance Agency Dentists Beauty salons Hairdresser Hair Salon Manicures and pedicures Massage Advertising Agency Business Management Consultant Business to Business Service Corporate Entities & Offices Internet Marketing Service Condominium Complex Holiday Apartment Holiday Apartment Rental Real Estate Agency Shopping Supermarket Gondola Lift Station Hiking Area Ski School Sporting Goods Store Sports Association Cottage Electric Vehicle Charging Station Holiday Home Hotels Hotels and motels Lodging Mountain Cabin Self-Catering Accommodation Unreachable

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Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Flums

Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Average Age of Business
Other accommodation	52	—
Corporate management	32	35 years
Restaurants	25	—
Construction of houses	23	—
Shopping	21	—
Holiday homes, cabins and resorts	21	—
Churches	14	—
Construction of buildings	13	—
Car repair	13	—
Shopping other	13	—
Grocery stores and supermarkets	12	—
Education	11	—
Beauty salons	10	—

Flums Facts

Area	2.2 km²
Population	1,520
Male Population	762 (50.1%)
Female Population	758 (49.9%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	-68.6%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-61.5%
Median Age	40.2 years (Male: 38.7, Female: 41.4)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$57,937 (2022)
Neighborhoods	Tannenboden, Flumserberg Grossberg
Local Time
Timezone	Central European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	47.09058, 9.34301
Postal Codes	8890, 8894, 8895

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Flums Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	4,848	4,300	3,948	3,705	1,520	1,563	1,593
Population Density	2,216.2 / km²	1,965.7 / km²	1,804.8 / km²	1,693.7 / km²	694.9 / km²	714.5 / km²	728.2 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Flums Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 61.5% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Flums	-68.6%	-64.7%	-61.5%
Canton of St. Gallen	—	—	—
Switzerland	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Flums Median Age

Median Age: 40.2 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Flums	40.2 yrs	41.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Canton of St. Gallen	40.5 yrs	41.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Switzerland	41.4 yrs	42.3 yrs	40.5 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Flums Population Density

Population Density: 695 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Flums	1,520	2.188 km²	695 / km²
Canton of St. Gallen	493,582	2,025.6 km²	244 / km²
Switzerland	8.3 million	41,281.4 km²	200 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Flums Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Flums

Postal Codes

Percentage of businesses by Postal Codes in Flums

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Flums

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Flums Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$38,772	$37,271	$37,543	$40,772	$44,840	$50,798	$54,442	$57,937
Total GDP	$185.6M	$189.5M	$195.5M	$220.7M	$259.7M	$315.1M	$352.5M	$378M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Flums CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Flums	17,399 tn	11.45 tn	7,954 tons/km²
Canton of St. Gallen	5,642,940 tn	11.43 tn	2,785.8 tons/km²
Switzerland	96,432,235 tn	11.67 tn	2,336 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Flums CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	17,399 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	11.45 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	7,954 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	High (9)
Earthquake	Medium (4)
Landslide	Medium (6)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
2/1/18	1:47 AM	3.8	45.3 km	5,000 m	4km N of Innerbraz, Austria	usgs.gov
1/17/18	7:07 PM	4	46 km	10,000 m	2km NE of Innerbraz, Austria	usgs.gov
3/6/17	8:12 PM	4.1	44.8 km	10,000 m	8km SSE of Muotathal, Switzerland	usgs.gov
12/12/13	12:59 AM	3.6	12 km	2,600 m	1km SSW of Balzers, Liechtenstein	usgs.gov
7/20/13	3:30 AM	3.6	36.8 km	4,200 m	3km ESE of Andwil, Switzerland	usgs.gov
1/4/09	3:30 PM	4.5	9.5 km	2,900 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
12/16/08	12:34 AM	3.1	41.3 km	7,000 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
11/9/08	7:22 AM	3.7	34.7 km	3,600 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
1/21/08	4:40 PM	4.2	37.2 km	8,000 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
8/5/07	11:15 AM	3.1	21.2 km	0 m	Austria	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Flums

Flums is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. is close to a large shopping complex and also is the gateway to a large skiing resort called Flumserberg.

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