Muolen

Muolen
Coat of arms
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Location of Muolen
Coordinates: 47°31′N 9°19′E / 47.517°N 9.317°E / 47.517; 9.317Coordinates: 47°31′N 9°19′E / 47.517°N 9.317°E / 47.517; 9.317
Country	Switzerland
Canton	St. Gallen
District	St. Gallen
Government
• Mayor	Bernhard Keller
Area
• Total	10.34 km2 (3.99 sq mi)
Elevation	490 m (1,610 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,205
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Postal code	9313
SFOS number	3202
Surrounded by	Amriswil (TG), Egnach (TG), Häggenschwil, Hauptwil-Gottshaus (TG), Zihlschlacht-Sitterdorf (TG)
Website	www.muolen.ch SFSO statistics

Muolen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Muolen is first mentioned in 1155 as Mola.

Muolen has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 10.3 km² (4.0 sq mi). Of this area, 85.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

The municipality is located in the St Gallen Wahlkreis.. It is the northern most municipality in the canton. It consists of the village of Muolen and multiple hamlets as well as part of the Hudelmoos, the last high moorland in the Fürstenland (a historic region comprising the Wahlkreises of Wil, St. Gallen and Rorschach).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or a Semi Mill-wheel Sable and vert a bar wavy Argent.

Muolen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,205. As of 2007^[update], about 4.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000^[update]), 6 are from Germany, 11 are from Italy, 12 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 6 are from Austria, and 11 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (97.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.5%) and English being third ( 0.3%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000^[update]), 1,050 speak German, 2 people speak French, 5 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh.