Niederbüren

Geschichte

Niederbüren is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.HistoryNiederbüren is first mentioned about 737 as Gaulichesburia. In 817 it was mentioned as ad Purias and in 1266 as Nidernburron.GeographyNiederbüren has an area, of 15.8km2. Of this area, 66.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.2%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The municipality is located in the Wil Wahlkreis. It consists of the village of Niederbüren on the right bank of the Thur and hamlets in the neighboring hill country.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Azure a Beehive Or with Bees and Argent three Bends Gules.DemographicsNiederbüren has a population of., about 5.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 8 are from Germany, 2 are from Italy, 39 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 8 are from Austria, 10 are from Turkey, and 21 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.1%. Most of the population speaks German (95.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.6%) and Turkish being third ( 0.6%). Of the Swiss national languages, 1,344 speak German, 1 person speaks, French, 2 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh.