Uttwil
Encyclopedia
Uttwil is a municipality
in the district of Arbon
in the canton
of Thurgau
in Switzerland
.
Uttwil has an area, , of 4.34 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi). Of this area, 2.29 km² (0.884173943176905 sq mi) or 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.33 km² (0.513515870928072 sq mi) or 30.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7 km² (0.270271511014775 sq mi) or 16.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acre) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 8.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.9%. Out of the forested land, 29.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.2% is used for growing crops, while 16.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
(94.2%), with Italian
being second most common ( 2.0%) and Albanian
being third ( 1.0%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The population was made up of 710 Swiss men (43.0% of the population), and 130 (7.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 712 Swiss women (43.1%), and 99 (6.0%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 20 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 11 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 9 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 6 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 10 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 7 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 20 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 25 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.8%.
The age distribution, , in Uttwil is; 210 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 199 teenagers or 11.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 165 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 227 people or 13.3% are between 30 and 39, 308 people or 18.0% are between 40 and 49, and 244 people or 14.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 191 people or 11.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 100 people or 5.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 58 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 9 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 50.9% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 594 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. there were 250 single family homes (or 75.1% of the total) out of a total of 333 inhabited buildings. There were 33 two family buildings (9.9%), 12 three family buildings (3.6%) and 38 multi-family buildings (or 11.4%). There were 354 (or 24.6%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 787 (or 54.7%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 70 (or 4.9%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 6 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 4 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 8 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 16 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.2%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 11.2 new units per 1000 residents. there were 669 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 208. There were 15 single room apartments and 109 apartments with six or more rooms. the average price to rent an average apartment in Uttwil was 1117.55 Swiss franc
s (CHF) per month (US$890, £500, €720 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for a one room apartment was 496.67 CHF (US$400, £220, €320), a two room apartment was about 636.43 CHF (US$510, £290, €410), a three room apartment was about 891.42 CHF (US$710, £400, €570) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1490.00 CHF (US$1190, £670, €950). The average apartment price in Uttwil was 100.1% of the national average of 1116 CHF.
In the 2007 federal election
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 43.91% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(16.64%), the SP
(11.15%) and the Green Party
(10.63%). In the federal election, a total of 531 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 49.2%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
there were 995 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 591 or about 59.4% of the residents worked outside Uttwil while 70 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 474 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 10% used public transportation to get to work, and 58.5% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 Old Catholics (or about 0.28% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
there are 6 individuals (or about 0.42% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 37 individuals (or about 2.57% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
, and 30 (or about 2.08% of the population) who are Islam
ic. There are 12 individuals (or about 0.83% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 150 (or about 10.42% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 39 individuals (or about 2.71% of the population) did not answer the question.
).
Uttwil is of the Dozwil-Kesswil-Uttwil secondary school district. It is also home to the Uttwil primary school district.
In the primary school district there are 154 students. There are 44 children in the kindergarten
, and the average class size is 22 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 14 or 31.8% are female, 6 or 13.6% are not Swiss citizens and 9 or 20.5% do not speak German natively. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and lasts for 6 years. There are 61 children in who are at the lower primary level and 49 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school is 18.33 students. At the lower primary level, there are 31 children or 50.8% of the total population who are female, 6 or 9.8% are not Swiss citizens and 7 or 11.5% do not speak German natively. In the upper primary level, there are 18 or 36.7% who are female, 6 or 12.2% are not Swiss citizens and 7 or 14.3% do not speak German natively.
In the 2008/2009 school year there are 111 students in the secondary school district. At the secondary level, students are divided according to performance. The secondary level begins at about age 12 and usually lasts 3 years. Finally, there are 111 teenagers who are in special or remedial classes, of which 51 or 45.9% are female, 11 or 9.9% are not Swiss citizens and 6 or 5.4% do not speak German natively.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Arbon
Arbon (district)
Arbon District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It has a population of .Its capital is the town of Arbon.The district contains the following municipalities:...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Thurgau
Thurgau
Thurgau is a northeast canton of Switzerland. The population, , is . In 2007, there were a total of 47,390 who were resident foreigners. The capital is Frauenfeld.-History:...
in 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....
.
Geography
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 8.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.9%. Out of the forested land, 29.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.2% is used for growing crops, while 16.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
Demographics
Uttwil has a population of , 13.9% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 18.7%. Most of the population speaks GermanGerman 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....
(94.2%), with 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...
being second most common ( 2.0%) and Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
being third ( 1.0%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The population was made up of 710 Swiss men (43.0% of the population), and 130 (7.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 712 Swiss women (43.1%), and 99 (6.0%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 20 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 11 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 9 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 6 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 10 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 7 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 20 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 25 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.8%.
The age distribution, , in Uttwil is; 210 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 199 teenagers or 11.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 165 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 227 people or 13.3% are between 30 and 39, 308 people or 18.0% are between 40 and 49, and 244 people or 14.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 191 people or 11.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 100 people or 5.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 58 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 9 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.54 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 50.9% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 594 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. there were 250 single family homes (or 75.1% of the total) out of a total of 333 inhabited buildings. There were 33 two family buildings (9.9%), 12 three family buildings (3.6%) and 38 multi-family buildings (or 11.4%). There were 354 (or 24.6%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 787 (or 54.7%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 70 (or 4.9%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 6 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 4 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 8 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 16 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.2%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 11.2 new units per 1000 residents. there were 669 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 208. There were 15 single room apartments and 109 apartments with six or more rooms. the average price to rent an average apartment in Uttwil was 1117.55 Swiss franc
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...
s (CHF) per month (US$890, £500, €720 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for a one room apartment was 496.67 CHF (US$400, £220, €320), a two room apartment was about 636.43 CHF (US$510, £290, €410), a three room apartment was about 891.42 CHF (US$710, £400, €570) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1490.00 CHF (US$1190, £670, €950). The average apartment price in Uttwil was 100.1% of the national average of 1116 CHF.
In the 2007 federal election
Swiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
which received 43.91% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
(16.64%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(11.15%) and the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(10.63%). In the federal election, a total of 531 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 49.2%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 842 |
| 1960 | 836 |
| 1980 | 876 |
| 1990 | 1,102 |
| 2000 | 1,439 |
Economy
, Uttwil had an unemployment rate of 1.29%. , there were 80 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 22 businesses involved in this sector. 37 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 13 businesses in this sector. 140 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 40 businesses in this sector.there were 995 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 591 or about 59.4% of the residents worked outside Uttwil while 70 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 474 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 10% used public transportation to get to work, and 58.5% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 464 or 32.2% were Roman Catholic, while 696 or 48.4% 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 were 4 Old Catholics (or about 0.28% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
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...
there are 6 individuals (or about 0.42% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 37 individuals (or about 2.57% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 30 (or about 2.08% 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 12 individuals (or about 0.83% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 150 (or about 10.42% 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 39 individuals (or about 2.71% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Uttwil about 78.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
).
Uttwil is of the Dozwil-Kesswil-Uttwil secondary school district. It is also home to the Uttwil primary school district.
In the primary school district there are 154 students. There are 44 children in the kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
, and the average class size is 22 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 14 or 31.8% are female, 6 or 13.6% are not Swiss citizens and 9 or 20.5% do not speak German natively. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and lasts for 6 years. There are 61 children in who are at the lower primary level and 49 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school is 18.33 students. At the lower primary level, there are 31 children or 50.8% of the total population who are female, 6 or 9.8% are not Swiss citizens and 7 or 11.5% do not speak German natively. In the upper primary level, there are 18 or 36.7% who are female, 6 or 12.2% are not Swiss citizens and 7 or 14.3% do not speak German natively.
In the 2008/2009 school year there are 111 students in the secondary school district. At the secondary level, students are divided according to performance. The secondary level begins at about age 12 and usually lasts 3 years. Finally, there are 111 teenagers who are in special or remedial classes, of which 51 or 45.9% are female, 11 or 9.9% are not Swiss citizens and 6 or 5.4% do not speak German natively.