Kaltbrunn

Kaltbrunn
Coat of arms
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Location of Kaltbrunn
Coordinates: 47°13′N 9°2′E / 47.217°N 9.033°E / 47.217; 9.033Coordinates: 47°13′N 9°2′E / 47.217°N 9.033°E / 47.217; 9.033
Country	Switzerland
Canton	St. Gallen
District	See-Gaster
Government
• Mayor	Markus Schwizer
Area
• Total	18.67 km2 (7.21 sq mi)
Elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	4,788
• Density	260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Postal code	8722
SFOS number	3313
Surrounded by	Benken, Ebnat-Kappel, Ernetschwil, Gommiswald, Rieden, Schänis, Uznach
Website	www.kaltbrunn.ch SFSO statistics

Kaltbrunn is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Kaltbrunn is first mentioned in 940 as Chaldebrunna.

Kaltbrunn has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 18.6 km² (7.2 sq mi). Of this area, 55.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

The municipality is located in the See-Gaster Wahlkreis in the Linth valley. It consists of the village of Kaltbrunn and the hamlets of Fischhausen, Wilen and Steinenbrücke in the valley, while on the sparsely inhabited hills are the hamlets of Gublen, Chirnen and Altwies.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, St. George armoured, cloaked and helmeted Azure with a shield Argent a cross Gules and with lance Sable riding a Horse Argent killing the Dragon Sable

Kaltbrunn has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 4,788. As of 2007^[update], about 18.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000^[update]), 44 are from Germany, 140 are from Italy, 418 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 18 are from Austria, 37 are from Turkey, and 107 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (86.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 4.0%) and Albanian being third ( 3.0%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000^[update]), 3,206 speak German, 11 people speak French, 98 people speak Italian, and 8 people speak Romansh.