Neckertal

Neckertal
Coat of arms
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Location of Neckertal
Coordinates: 47°20′N 9°8′E / 47.333°N 9.133°E / 47.333; 9.133Coordinates: 47°20′N 9°8′E / 47.333°N 9.133°E / 47.333; 9.133
Country	Switzerland
Canton	St. Gallen
District	Toggenburg
Area
• Total	49.03 km2 (18.93 sq mi)
Elevation	660 m (2,170 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	3,997
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Postal code	9125 Brunnadern 9122 Mogelsberg 9127 St. Peterzell 9115 Dicken 9114 Hoffeld 9123 Nassen 9126 Necker 9105 Wald/Schönengrund
SFOS number	3378
Localities	Brunnadern, St. Peterzell, Mogelsberg, Wald-Schönengrund, Nassen, Hoffeld, Ebersol, Dicken, Dieselbach, Necker
Surrounded by	Oberhelfenschwil, Wattwil, Hemberg, Degersheim, Ganterschwil, Lütisburg, Schwellbrunn (AR), Schönengrund (AR)
Website	www.neckertal.ch SFSO statistics

Neckertal is a municipality in the Toggenburg district of the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

It was formed on January 1, 2009, through the merger of Brunnadern, St. Peterzell, and Mogelsberg.

Neckertal has an area of 49.03 km² (18.93 sq mi). As of 2012, a total of 26.17 km² (10.10 sq mi) or 53.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.51 km² (7.53 sq mi) or 39.8% is forested. The rest of the municipality is 2.8 km² (1.1 sq mi) or 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.29 km² (0.11 sq mi) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.23 km² (0.089 sq mi) or 0.5% is unproductive land.

During the same year, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. A total of 36.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 51.7% is pasturage and 1.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

It is made up of the villages of Brunnadern, St. Peterzell, and Mogelsberg as well as the hamlets of Wald-Schönengrund, Dicken, Nassen, Hoffeld, Dieselbach, Ebersol and Necker.

Neckertal has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 3,997. As of 2012^[update], 7.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Between the last 2 years (2010-2012) the population changed at a rate of -2.0%. Migration accounted for -2.1%, while births and deaths accounted for 0.2%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (95.5%) as their first language, French is the second most common (0.2%) and Italian is the third (0.9%).