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Wagenhausen
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Coat of arms of Wagenhausen
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Wagenhausen is located in Switzerland
Wagenhausen
Wagenhausen
Wagenhausen is located in Canton of Thurgau
Wagenhausen
Wagenhausen
Coordinates: 47°38′N 8°50′E / 47.633°N 8.833°E / 47.633; 8.833Coordinates: 47°38′N 8°50′E / 47.633°N 8.833°E / 47.633; 8.833
Country Switzerland
Canton Thurgau
District Frauenfeld
Area
 • Total 11.84 km2 (4.57 sq mi)
Elevation 403 m (1,322 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 1,674
 • Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Postal code 8259
SFOS number 4871
Surrounded by Diessenhofen, Eschenz, Hemishofen (SH), Hüttwilen, Oberstammheim (ZH), Ramsen (SH), Stein am Rhein (SH), Unterstammheim (ZH)
Website www.wagenhausen.ch
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Wagenhausen is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The municipality includes the settlements of Etzwilen, Kaltenbach and Rheinklingen.

Wagenhausen has an area, as of 2009, of 11.84 square kilometers (4.57 sq mi). Of this area, 6.36 km2 (2.46 sq mi) or 53.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.45 km2 (1.33 sq mi) or 29.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi) or 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi) or 4.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.14 km2 (35 acres) or 1.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.6%. Out of the forested land, 27.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 51.5% is used for growing crops, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 1.2% is unproductive vegetation.

In 1995 Rheinklingen merged into Wagenhausen.

Wagenhausen has a population (as of December 2015) of 1,674 As of 2008, 15.7% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 1.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German(91.2%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.9%) and Turkish being third ( 1.3%).


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