Schmerikon

Schmerikon waterfront

Coat of arms

Schmerikon

Location of Schmerikon

Coordinates: 47°14′N 8°57′E / 47.233°N 8.950°ECoordinates: 47°14′N 8°57′E / 47.233°N 8.950°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Félix Brunschwiler

Area

• Total

4.14 km² (1.60 sq mi)

Elevation

408 m (1,339 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

3,668

• Density

890/km² (2,300/sq mi)

Postal code

8716

SFOS number

3338

Surrounded by

Eschenbach, Jona, Tuggen (SZ), Uznach

Website

www.schmerikon.ch
SFSO statistics

Schmerikon is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. In the local Swiss German dialect it is called Schmerike.

Schmerikon is located at the head of Lake Zurich, on the section of the lake known as the Obersee and where the Linth river enters the lake. Part of the municipality is a natural reserve, particularly along the lake shore.

Schmerikon has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 4 km² (1.5 sq mi). Of this area, 38.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 27% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (11.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules two Crescents addorsed Or and in chief a Cross pattee Argent.

Schmerikon has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 3,668. As of 2007^[update], about 25.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000^[update]), 22 are from Germany, 239 are from Italy, 363 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 17 are from Austria, 140 are from Turkey, and 97 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (83.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 3.2%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000^[update]), 2,654 speak German, 11 people speak French, 150 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh.

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