Häggenschwil

Geschichte

Häggenschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.HistoryHäggenschwil is first mentioned in 1419 as Hergnschwylen.GeographyHäggenschwil has an area, of 9.2km2. Of this area, 75.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.9%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The municipality is located in the St Gallen Wahlkreis. It consists of the settlements of Häggenschwil and Lömmenschwil as well as several small hamlets and the exclaves of Raach and Ruggisberg..Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or two Leopards passant Gules crowned Argent. DemographicsHäggenschwil has a population of., about 6.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 28 are from Germany, 8 are from Italy, 23 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 1 person is from Austria,1 person is from Turkey, and 20 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.9%. Most of the population speaks German (96.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 0.9%) and Arabic being third ( 0.6%). Of the Swiss national languages, 1,108 speak German, 1 person speaks, French, 3 people speak Italian, and 2 people speak Romansh.