Waldkirch (Saint-Gall)

Geschichte

Waldkirch is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.GeographyWaldkirch has an area, of 31.3km2. Of this area, 63.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Church Argent roofed Gules windowed and with a clock Sable between two Pine Trees Vert on a Base of the same.This is an example of canting with the trees Wald and the church Kirch symbolizing the municipal name.DemographicsWaldkirch has a population of., about 6.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 21 are from Germany, 16 are from Italy, 64 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 17 are from Austria, and 40 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.1%. Most of the population speaks German (95.9%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 1.1%) and Albanian being third ( 0.9%). Of the Swiss national languages, 2,914 speak German, 14 people speak French, 5 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh.