Flawil
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| Coordinates: 47°25′N 9°12′E / 47.417°N 9.200°ECoordinates: 47°25′N 9°12′E / 47.417°N 9.200°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | St. Gallen | |
| District | Wil | |
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| • Mayor | Werner Muchenberger | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 11.48 km2 (4.43 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 610 m (2,000 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 10,368 | |
| • Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 9230 | |
| SFOS number | 3402 | |
| Surrounded by | Degersheim, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Oberbüren, Oberuzwil | |
| Twin towns | Isny (Germany) | |
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Flawil is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland with somewhat short of 10,000 inhabitants.
It is the regional centre of Untertoggenburg, but belongs to the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil.
Flawil is first mentioned in 858 as Flawilare marcho. Several of the surrounding hamlets were also mentioned in about the same era. Alterswil was first mentioned in 858 as Altiricheswilae, Oberglatt in 731 as villa Clata and in 1316 as Obren Glat and Burgau in 964 as Purchouva.
Flawil has an area, as of 2006[update], of 11.5 km2 (4.4 sq mi). Of this area, 53.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 23% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
The municipality is located in the Wil Wahlkreis. It was the capital of the earlier Bezirk. To the north-east it is bordered by the Wissbach valley and the Glatt river. It consists of the extended linear village of Flawil and the hamlets of Botsberg, Alterswil, Grobenentschwil, Langenentschwil, Raschberg, Egg, Oberglatt and Burgau as well as scattered farm houses.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Chequy Argent and Gules and a Chief Or.
Flawil has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 10,368. As of 2007[update], about 26.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), 138 are from Germany, 516 are from Italy, 964 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 64 are from Austria, 138 are from Turkey, and 516 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (84.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 3.4%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 7,872 speak German, 27 people speak French, 313 people speak Italian, and 10 people speak Romansh.
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