Wängi
Encyclopedia
Wängi is a municipality
in the district of Münchwilen
in the canton
of Thurgau
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 15.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 67.4% is used for growing crops, while 3.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
In 1969 Krillberg and Tuttwil merged into Wängi.
(90.5%), with Albanian
being second most common ( 2.2%) and Italian
being third ( 2.1%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The population was made up of 1,813 Swiss men (44.2% of the population), and 277 (6.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,772 Swiss women (43.2%), and 244 (5.9%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 35 live births to Swiss citizens and 6 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 27 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 8 while the foreign population increased by 6. There were 2 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 7 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 11 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 9 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 15 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.3%.
The age distribution, , in Wängi is; 427 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 589 teenagers or 14.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 478 people or 11.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 469 people or 11.5% are between 30 and 39, 746 people or 18.3% are between 40 and 49, and 551 people or 13.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 404 people or 9.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 255 people or 6.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 131 people or 3.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 17 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.56 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 58.5% 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 1,448 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. there were 759 single family homes (or 87.4% of the total) out of a total of 868 inhabited buildings. There were 46 two family buildings (5.3%), 22 three family buildings (2.5%) and 41 multi-family buildings (or 4.7%). There were 883 (or 22.2%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 2,378 (or 59.9%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 188 (or 4.7%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 23 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 28 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 37 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 91 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.07%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.8 new units per 1000 residents. there were 1,531 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 5 room apartment of which there were 403. There were 31 single room apartments and 389 apartments with six or more rooms. the average price to rent an average apartment in Wängi was 1050.32 Swiss franc
s (CHF) per month (US$840, £470, €670 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for a one room apartment was 559.26 CHF (US$450, £250, €360), a two room apartment was about 744.76 CHF (US$600, £340, €480), a three room apartment was about 855.66 CHF (US$680, £390, €550) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1356.58 CHF (US$1090, £610, €870). The average apartment price in Wängi was 94.1% of the national average of 1116 CHF.
In the 2007 federal election
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 48.28% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
(19.83%), the Green Party
(10.35%) and the FDP
(7.57%). In the federal election, a total of 1,369 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 49.4%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
there were 2,746 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,314 or about 47.9% of the residents worked outside Wängi while 635 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 2,067 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 11.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 50.1% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there are 81 individuals (or about 2.04% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 122 individuals (or about 3.07% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
, and 147 (or about 3.70% of the population) who are Islam
ic. There are 18 individuals (or about 0.45% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 236 (or about 5.95% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 115 individuals (or about 2.90% of the population) did not answer the question.
).
Wängi is home to the Wängi primary and secondary school district
. In the 2008/2009 school year there were 426 students. There were 99 children in the kindergarten
, and the average class size was 19.8 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 44 or 44.4% were female, 17 or 17.2% were not Swiss citizens and 15 or 15.2% did not speak German natively. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years. There were 149 children in who were at the lower primary level and 178 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school was 20.53 students. At the lower primary level, there were 63 children or 42.3% of the total population who were female, 22 or 14.8% were not Swiss citizens and 21 or 14.1% did not speak German natively. In the upper primary level, there were 80 or 44.9% who were female, 21 or 11.8% were not Swiss citizens and 18 or 10.1% did not speak German natively.
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 were 174 teenagers who were in special or remedial classes, of which 92 or 52.9% were female, 25 or 14.4% were not Swiss citizens and 23 or 13.2% did 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 Münchwilen
Münchwilen (district)
Münchwilen District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It has a population of . Its capital is the town of Münchwilen.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
Wängi has an area, , of 16.43 square kilometres (6.3 sq mi). Of this area, 11.68 km² (4.5 sq mi) or 71.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.67 km² (1 sq mi) or 16.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.02 km² (0.779926360356921 sq mi) or 12.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km² (17.3 acre) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acre) or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 15.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 67.4% is used for growing crops, while 3.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
In 1969 Krillberg and Tuttwil merged into Wängi.
Demographics
Wängi has a population of , 12.7% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 2.3%. 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....
(90.5%), with 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 second most common ( 2.2%) and 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 third ( 2.1%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The population was made up of 1,813 Swiss men (44.2% of the population), and 277 (6.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,772 Swiss women (43.2%), and 244 (5.9%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 35 live births to Swiss citizens and 6 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 27 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 8 while the foreign population increased by 6. There were 2 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 7 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 11 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 9 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 15 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.3%.
The age distribution, , in Wängi is; 427 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 589 teenagers or 14.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 478 people or 11.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 469 people or 11.5% are between 30 and 39, 746 people or 18.3% are between 40 and 49, and 551 people or 13.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 404 people or 9.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 255 people or 6.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 131 people or 3.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 17 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.56 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 58.5% 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 1,448 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. there were 759 single family homes (or 87.4% of the total) out of a total of 868 inhabited buildings. There were 46 two family buildings (5.3%), 22 three family buildings (2.5%) and 41 multi-family buildings (or 4.7%). There were 883 (or 22.2%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 2,378 (or 59.9%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 188 (or 4.7%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 23 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 28 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 37 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 91 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.07%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.8 new units per 1000 residents. there were 1,531 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 5 room apartment of which there were 403. There were 31 single room apartments and 389 apartments with six or more rooms. the average price to rent an average apartment in Wängi was 1050.32 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$840, £470, €670 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for a one room apartment was 559.26 CHF (US$450, £250, €360), a two room apartment was about 744.76 CHF (US$600, £340, €480), a three room apartment was about 855.66 CHF (US$680, £390, €550) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1356.58 CHF (US$1090, £610, €870). The average apartment price in Wängi was 94.1% 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 48.28% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(19.83%), 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:...
(10.35%) and 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....
(7.57%). In the federal election, a total of 1,369 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 49.4%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 2,381 |
| 1960 | 2,588 |
| 1980 | 2,909 |
| 1990 | 3,387 |
| 2000 | 3,969 |
Economy
, Wängi had an unemployment rate of 1.56%. , there were 197 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 74 businesses involved in this sector. 689 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 66 businesses in this sector. 597 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 120 businesses in this sector.there were 2,746 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 1,314 or about 47.9% of the residents worked outside Wängi while 635 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 2,067 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 11.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 50.1% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 1,648 or 41.5% were Roman Catholic, while 1,601 or 40.3% 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 81 individuals (or about 2.04% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 122 individuals (or about 3.07% 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 147 (or about 3.70% of the population) who are Islam
Islam
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ic. There are 18 individuals (or about 0.45% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 236 (or about 5.95% 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 115 individuals (or about 2.90% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Wängi about 72.8% 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...
).
Wängi is home to the Wängi primary and secondary school district
Education in Switzerland
The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons...
. In the 2008/2009 school year there were 426 students. There were 99 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 was 19.8 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 44 or 44.4% were female, 17 or 17.2% were not Swiss citizens and 15 or 15.2% did not speak German natively. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years. There were 149 children in who were at the lower primary level and 178 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school was 20.53 students. At the lower primary level, there were 63 children or 42.3% of the total population who were female, 22 or 14.8% were not Swiss citizens and 21 or 14.1% did not speak German natively. In the upper primary level, there were 80 or 44.9% who were female, 21 or 11.8% were not Swiss citizens and 18 or 10.1% did not speak German natively.
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 were 174 teenagers who were in special or remedial classes, of which 92 or 52.9% were female, 25 or 14.4% were not Swiss citizens and 23 or 13.2% did not speak German natively.