Flums

Geschichte

Flums is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.It is close to a large shopping complex and also is the gateway to a large skiing resort called Flumserberg.HistoryFlums is first mentioned in 765 as Flumini.GeographyFlums has an area, of 75.1km2. Of this area, 51.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (12.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The municipality is located in the Sarganserland Wahlkreis. Until 2002 it was the capital of the Sargans district. In terms of area, it is the third largest municipality in the canton. Flums covers from the Schils valley to the border with the Canton of Glarus, part of the Flumserberge, part of the Seez valley and the western slope of the Alvier chain. It consists of the village sections of Flums-Dorf, Grossberg and Kleinberg.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Trierced per fess Or, Sable and Argent.DemographicsFlums has a population of., about 23.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 20 are from Germany, 126 are from Italy, 688 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 14 are from Austria, 46 are from Turkey, and 77 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.3%. Most of the population speaks German (86.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 8.1%) and Italian being third ( 1.5%). Of the Swiss national languages, 4,242 speak German, 9 people speak French, 75 people speak Italian, and 4 people speak Romansh.