Sarganserland
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The Sarganserland is a constituency (Wahlkreis) of the canton of St. Gallen
, Switzerland
, with a population of 36,892 .
The constituency corresponds to the historical county of Sargans
(13th to 15th century) and the later Landvogtei Sargans in the Old Swiss Confederacy
(15th to 18th century). Part of the Canton of Linth
in the Helvetic Republic
, the Sarganserland together with Pfäfers
was joined to the canton of St. Gallen at its formation in 1803.
Geographically, it includes the land between the Rhine at Sargans (the tripoint
of St. Gallen, Grisons and Liechtenstein
) and upper Lake Walen
, including the Seeztal
. The territory of Pfäfers lies along the Tamina
, in the Rhine basin, and was not historically part of Sargans county but was independently owned by Pfäfers Abbey
, and had been joined to the canton of Linth in 1798.
, 854 are from Italy
, 3,171 are from ex-Yugoslavia
, 220 are from Austria
, 350 are from Turkey
, and 1,090 are from another country. Of the Swiss national languages , 31,401 speak German
, 112 people speak French
, 651 people speak Italian
, and 157 people speak Romansh.
The age distribution, , in the Sarganserland is; 4,500 children or 12.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 4,985 teenagers or 14.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 4,329 people or 12.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 5,722 people or 16.2% are between 30 and 39, 5,002 people or 14.2% are between 40 and 49, and 4,281 people or 12.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 3,011 people or 8.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 2,203 people or 6.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 1,122 people or 3.2% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 184 people or 0.5% who are between 90 and 99.
there were 4,066 persons (or 11.5% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 7,011 (or 19.8%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 20,538 (or 58.1%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 1,799 (or 5.1%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 273 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 177 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 187 who lived household made up of unrelated persons,and 1,288 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. Out of the total population in the Sarganserland, , the highest education level completed by 8,304 people (23.5% of the population) was Primary, while 12,775 (36.1%) have completed Secondary, 3,059 (8.7%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 1,656 (4.7%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question.
. Of the rest of the population, there are 34 individuals (or about 0.10% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic
faith, there are 909 individuals (or about 2.57% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 280 individuals (or about 0.79% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 8 individuals (or about 0.02% of the population) who are Jewish
, and 2,160 (or about 6.11% of the population) who are Islam
ic. There are 231 individuals (or about 0.65% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 1,393 (or about 3.94% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 1,066 individuals (or about 3.02% of the population) did not answer the question.
! align="center" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | SFOS number
|-
| align="center" |
| Bad Ragaz
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 25.37
| align="center" | 3291
|-
| align="center" |
| Flums
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 75.03
| align="center" | 3292
|-
| align="center" |
| Mels
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 139.16
| align="center" | 3293
|-
| align="center" |
| Pfäfers
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 128.53
| align="center" | 3294
|-
| align="center" |
| Quarten
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 61.90
| align="center" | 3295
|-
| align="center" |
| Sargans
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 9.48
| align="center" | 3296
|-
| align="center" |
| Vilters-Wangs
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 32.70
| align="center" | 3297
|-
| align="center" |
| Walenstadt
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 45.75
| align="center" | 3298
|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF;"
| align="center" |
| Total (8) || align="center" |
| align="right" | 517.92
| align="center" | 1722
|}
Canton of St. Gallen
The Canton of St. Gallen is a canton of Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of 2,026 km², and has a population of . , the population included 97,461 foreigners, or about 20.9% of the total population. The capital is St. Gallen. Spelling...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, with a population of 36,892 .
The constituency corresponds to the historical county of Sargans
County of Sargans
The County of Sargans was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. From 1458 until the French Revolutionary War in 1798, Sargans became a condominium of the Old Swiss Confederacy, administered jointly by the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Lucerne, Zürich, Glarus and Zug.-History:In 1396, the counts...
(13th to 15th century) and the later Landvogtei Sargans in the Old Swiss Confederacy
Old Swiss Confederacy
The Old Swiss Confederacy was the precursor of modern-day Switzerland....
(15th to 18th century). Part of the Canton of Linth
Canton of Linth
Linth was a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, consisting of Glarus and its subject County of Werdenberg, the Höfe and March districts of Schwyz and the Züricher subject Lordship of Sax, along with a handful of shared territories....
in the Helvetic Republic
Helvetic Republic
In Swiss history, the Helvetic Republic represented an early attempt to impose a central authority over Switzerland, which until then consisted mainly of self-governing cantons united by a loose military alliance, and conquered territories such as Vaud...
, the Sarganserland together with Pfäfers
Pfäfers
Pfäfers is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The villages Pfäfers, St. Margrethenberg, Vadura, Valens, Vasön and Vättis belong to the municipality.-History:...
was joined to the canton of St. Gallen at its formation in 1803.
Geographically, it includes the land between the Rhine at Sargans (the tripoint
Tripoint
A tripoint, or trijunction , is a geographical point at which the borders of three countries or subnational entities meet....
of St. Gallen, Grisons and Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan...
) and upper Lake Walen
Lake Walen
Walensee is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland, for about 2/3 of its surface in the Canton of St. Gallen and for 1/3 in the Canton of Glarus. It is also known as Lake Walen or Lake Walenstadt, after Walenstadt. Other towns and villages at the lake include: Weesen, Quinten, Quarten, and Murg.The...
, including the Seeztal
Seeztal
The Seeztal is a valley of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, extending to the east of Lake Walen for some 10 km, formed by the river Seez. The valley appears to be a left branch off the Rhine valley at Sargans, but there is a divide at Mels...
. The territory of Pfäfers lies along the Tamina
Tamina
The Tamina River in Switzerland originates near the Egghorn . First her course follows a North to South direction through the Marchtal....
, in the Rhine basin, and was not historically part of Sargans county but was independently owned by Pfäfers Abbey
Pfäfers Abbey
Pfäfers Abbey , also known as St. Pirminsberg from its position on a mountain, was a Benedictine monastery in Pfäfers near Bad Ragaz, in the canton of St...
, and had been joined to the canton of Linth in 1798.
Demographics
Sarganserland Wahlkreis has a population of (as of ). Of the foreign population, , 373 are from GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, 854 are from Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, 3,171 are from ex-Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
, 220 are from Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, 350 are from Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, and 1,090 are from another country. Of the Swiss national languages , 31,401 speak German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, 112 people speak French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, 651 people speak Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, and 157 people speak Romansh.
The age distribution, , in the Sarganserland is; 4,500 children or 12.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 4,985 teenagers or 14.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 4,329 people or 12.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 5,722 people or 16.2% are between 30 and 39, 5,002 people or 14.2% are between 40 and 49, and 4,281 people or 12.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 3,011 people or 8.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 2,203 people or 6.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 1,122 people or 3.2% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 184 people or 0.5% who are between 90 and 99.
there were 4,066 persons (or 11.5% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 7,011 (or 19.8%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 20,538 (or 58.1%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 1,799 (or 5.1%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 273 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 177 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 187 who lived household made up of unrelated persons,and 1,288 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. Out of the total population in the Sarganserland, , the highest education level completed by 8,304 people (23.5% of the population) was Primary, while 12,775 (36.1%) have completed Secondary, 3,059 (8.7%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 1,656 (4.7%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question.
Religion
From the , 24,579 or 69.6% are Roman Catholic, while 4,679 or 13.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there are 34 individuals (or about 0.10% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
faith, there are 909 individuals (or about 2.57% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 280 individuals (or about 0.79% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 8 individuals (or about 0.02% of the population) who are Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 2,160 (or about 6.11% of the population) who are Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There are 231 individuals (or about 0.65% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 1,393 (or about 3.94% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 1,066 individuals (or about 3.02% of the population) did not answer the question.
Municipalities
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| Bad Ragaz
Bad Ragaz
Bad Ragaz is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.It is the home of a famous natural spring and is a popular spa and health resort destination. Bad Ragaz is also surprisingly known as one of the best pizza towns in all of Europe...
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 25.37
| align="center" | 3291
|-
| align="center" |
| Flums
Flums
Flums is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.It is close to a large shopping complex and also is the gateway to a large skiing resort called Flumserberg.-Geography:...
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 75.03
| align="center" | 3292
|-
| align="center" |
| Mels
Mels
Mels is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the Seeztal, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.-History:Mels is first mentioned in 765 as Maile though this comes from a later copy of the original document. In 1018 it was mentioned as Meilis.-Geography:Mels has an area, , of...
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 139.16
| align="center" | 3293
|-
| align="center" |
Pfäfers
Pfäfers is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The villages Pfäfers, St. Margrethenberg, Vadura, Valens, Vasön and Vättis belong to the municipality.-History:...
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 128.53
| align="center" | 3294
|-
| align="center" |
| Quarten
Quarten
Quarten is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, above Lake Walensee.-Geography:...
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 61.90
| align="center" | 3295
|-
| align="center" |
Sargans
Sargans is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.Sargans is known for its castle, which dates from before the founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291...
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 9.48
| align="center" | 3296
|-
| align="center" |
| Vilters-Wangs
Vilters-Wangs
Vilters-Wangs is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.-Geography:Vilters-Wangs has an area, , of . Of this area, 46.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34% is forested...
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 32.70
| align="center" | 3297
|-
| align="center" |
| Walenstadt
Walenstadt
Walenstadt is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located on Lake Walen .-Geography:...
|| align="center" |
| align="right" | 45.75
| align="center" | 3298
|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF;"
| align="center" |
| Total (8) || align="center" |
| align="right" | 517.92
| align="center" | 1722
|}