Goldingen is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 3.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

It consists of the hamlets of Goldingen, Echeltschwil, Hubertingen, Wolfertingen, Eglingen, Vordersagen, Hintersagen, Gibel and Oberholz.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or on a Mount Vert a Linden Tree of the same trunked proper.

Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), 8 are from Germany, 2 are from Italy, 8 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 1 person is from Austria, and 10 are from another country.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Goldingen is; 152 children or 14.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 160 teenagers or 15.3% are between 10 and 19.

[7] The historical population is given in the following table:[2] The Fründsberg, a no longer visible castle ruin, is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 774 or 74.1% are Roman Catholic, while 159 or 15.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.