Wattwil

Geschichte

Wattwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipality of Krinau merged into Wattwil.GeographySince the merger, the new municipality has an area of.Before the merger, Wattwil had an area, of 44km2. Of this area, 52.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.8%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).Krinau had an area, of 7.3km2. Of this area, 57.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). It consisted of the village of Krinau and the hamlets of Altschwil, Au, Dreischlatt, Gurtberg, Schuflenberg, Krinäuli, Niederberg, Kapf and Gruben.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, two Unicorns' Heads couped addorsed Azure.DemographicsWattwil has a population of. Krinau had a population (as of 2011) of 260., about 23.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 192 are from Germany, 335 are from Italy, 717 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 29 are from Austria, 388 are from Turkey, and 322 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.6%. Most of the population speaks German (86.9%), with Italian being second most common (2.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (2.6%). Of the Swiss national languages, 7,182 speak German, 28 people speak French, 238 people speak Italian, and 3 people speak Romansh.