Sevelen

Geschichte

Sevelen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.HistorySevelen is first mentioned about 1160 as Sevellins.GeographySevelen has an area, of 30.3km2. Of this area, 51.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The municipality is located in the Werdenberg Wahlkreis. It consists of the village of Sevelen and the hamlets of Rans, Oberräfis, St. Ulrich, Välsli, Glaat and scattered farm houses.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Bend dancety Sable.DemographicsSevelen has a population of., about 28.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 94 are from Germany, 156 are from Italy, 509 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 63 are from Austria, 67 are from Turkey, and 180 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.1%. Most of the population speaks German (86.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 4.3%) and Italian being third ( 2.4%). Of the Swiss national languages, 3,661 speak German, 16 people speak French, 100 people speak Italian, and 23 people speak Romansh.