Sulgen

Sulgen
Sulgen village
Coat of arms
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Location of Sulgen
Coordinates: 47°32′N 9°11′E / 47.533°N 9.183°E / 47.533; 9.183Coordinates: 47°32′N 9°11′E / 47.533°N 9.183°E / 47.533; 9.183
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Thurgau
District	Weinfelden
Area
• Total	9.13 km2 (3.53 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m (1,510 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	3,708
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Postal code	8583
SFOS number	4506
Surrounded by	Birwinken, Bürglen, Erlen, Hohentannen, Kradolf-Schönenberg
Website	www.sulgen.ch SFSO statistics

Sulgen is a municipality in Weinfelden District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Sulgen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 9.13 square kilometers (3.53 sq mi). Of this area, 6.12 km² (2.36 sq mi) or 67.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.18 km² (0.46 sq mi) or 12.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.7 km² (0.66 sq mi) or 18.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.07 km² (17 acres) or 0.8% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 10.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 53.2% is used for growing crops, while 13.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

In 1996 the municipalities of Götighofen and Hessenreuti merged into Sulgen.

Sulgen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 3,708 As of 2008^[update], 21.5% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 2.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(88.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 5.6%) and Italian being third ( 1.7%).

As of 2008^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. The population was made up of 1,310 Swiss men (38.4% of the population), and 373 (10.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,369 Swiss women (40.1%), and 359 (10.5%) non-Swiss women.