Wartau
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View of the ruined Wartau castle, looking south-east across the Rhine Valley towards Mittagspitz
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Location of Wartau
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| Coordinates: 47°5′N 9°29′E / 47.083°N 9.483°ECoordinates: 47°5′N 9°29′E / 47.083°N 9.483°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | St. Gallen | |
| District | Werdenberg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Beat Tinner | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 41.73 km2 (16.11 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 468 m (1,535 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 5,231 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (320/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 9476-9479 | |
| SFOS number | 3276 | |
| Surrounded by | Balzers (LI), Flums, Mels, Sargans, Sevelen, Triesen (LI), Walenstadt | |
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Wartau is a municipality in the Werdenberg constituency of the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The municipality consists of a number of villages on the eastern flank of the Alvier group, along the left shore of the Alpine Rhine.
Wartau municipality consists of the villages of Azmoos (482 m), Trübbach (478 m), Weite (469 m) along the Rhine, Oberschan (668 m), Malans (617 m), Gretschins (600 m) and Fontnas (542 m) in the foothills of the Alvier chain, the hamlets of Plattis (464 m) and Murris (470 m), and Matug (731 m) and environs, historically a Walser Streusiedlung.
Wartau municipality has an area, as of 2006[update], of 41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi). Of this area, 47.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (9.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
The highest point of the municipality is Alvier peak, at 2,343 m, the lowest point is the Rhine Valley at 461 m.
Wartau has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 5,231. As of 2007[update], about 23.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), 84 are from Germany, 176 are from Italy, 424 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 53 are from Austria, 25 are from Turkey, and 155 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (88.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.2%) and Italian being third ( 2.9%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 4,161 speak German, 9 people speak French, 135 people speak Italian, and 11 people speak Romansh.
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