Steinach (Saint-Gall)

Geschichte

Steinach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.GeographySteinach has an area, of 4.5km2. Of this area, 63.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 27.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Wolf rampant Azure langued and armed Gules.DemographicsSteinach has a population of., about 21.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 69 are from Germany, 113 are from Italy, 210 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 47 are from Austria, 63 are from Turkey, and 74 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 17.6%. Most of the population speaks German (89.9%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.0%) and Italian being third ( 2.2%). Of the Swiss national languages, 2,606 speak German, 11 people speak French, 63 people speak Italian, and 6 people speak Romansh.