Wängi
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| Coordinates: 47°30′N 8°57′E / 47.500°N 8.950°ECoordinates: 47°30′N 8°57′E / 47.500°N 8.950°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Thurgau | |
| District | Münchwilen | |
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| • Total | 16.43 km2 (6.34 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 4,580 | |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 9545 | |
| SFOS number | 4781 | |
| Surrounded by | Aadorf, Bettwiesen, Bichelsee-Balterswil, Eschlikon, Lommis, Matzingen, Münchwilen, Stettfurt | |
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Wängi is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
Wängi has an area, as of 2009[update], of 16.43 square kilometers (6.34 sq mi). Of this area, 11.68 km2 (4.51 sq mi) or 71.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi) or 16.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.02 km2 (0.78 sq mi) or 12.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km2 (17 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 15.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 67.4% is used for growing crops, while 3.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
In 1969 Krillberg and Tuttwil merged into Wängi.
Wängi has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 4,580 As of 2008[update], 12.7% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 2.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German(90.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.2%) and Italian being third ( 2.1%).
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The population was made up of 1,813 Swiss men (44.2% of the population), and 277 (6.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,772 Swiss women (43.2%), and 244 (5.9%) non-Swiss women.
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