Wigoltingen

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Wigoltingen

Location of Wigoltingen

Coordinates: 47°36′N 9°1′E / 47.600°N 9.017°ECoordinates: 47°36′N 9°1′E / 47.600°N 9.017°E

Country

Area

• Total

17.15 km² (6.62 sq mi)

Elevation

431 m (1,414 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,374

• Density

140/km² (360/sq mi)

Postal code

8556

SFOS number

4951

Surrounded by

Amlikon-Bissegg, Homburg, Hüttlingen, Kemmental, Märstetten, Müllheim, Raperswilen, Wäldi

Website

www.wigoltingen.ch
SFSO statistics

Wigoltingen is a municipality in the district of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Wigoltingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 17.15 square kilometers (6.62 sq mi). Of this area, 12.93 km² (4.99 sq mi) or 75.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.15 km² (0.83 sq mi) or 12.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.9 km² (0.73 sq mi) or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.21 km² (0.081 sq mi) or 1.2% 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 4.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 6.2%. Out of the forested land, 11.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 71.7% is used for growing crops, while 3.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.9% is in rivers and streams.

In 1995 Engwang and Illhart merged with Wigoltingen.

Wigoltingen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 2,374 As of 2008^[update], 10.6% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -1.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (94.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.8%) and Portuguese being third ( 1.4%).

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