Warth-Weiningen

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Warth-Weiningen

Location of Warth-Weiningen

Coordinates: 47°35′N 8°52′E / 47.583°N 8.867°ECoordinates: 47°35′N 8°52′E / 47.583°N 8.867°E

Country

Area

• Total

8.2 km² (3.2 sq mi)

Elevation

445 m (1,460 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,242

• Density

150/km² (390/sq mi)

Postal code

8532

SFOS number

4621

Surrounded by

Felben-Wellhausen, Frauenfeld, Herdern, Hüttwilen, Pfyn, Uesslingen-Buch

Website

www.warth-weiningen.ch
SFSO statistics

Warth-Weiningen is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Warth-Weiningen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 8.2 square kilometers (3.2 sq mi). Of this area, 4.35 km² (1.68 sq mi) or 53.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.35 km² (0.91 sq mi) or 28.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1 km² (0.42 sq mi) or 13.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.27 km² (0.10 sq mi) or 3.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.17 km² (0.066 sq mi) or 2.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.6%. Out of the forested land, 26.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 47.0% is used for growing crops, while 6.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 3.0% is in rivers and streams.

In 1995 the municipality was formed through the merger of Warth and Weiningen.

Warth-Weiningen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,242 As of 2008^[update], 5.9% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 5.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(97.3%), with English being second most common ( 0.4%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.4%).

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