Wilen

Wilen
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Location of Wilen
Coordinates: 47°27′N 9°2′E / 47.450°N 9.033°E / 47.450; 9.033Coordinates: 47°27′N 9°2′E / 47.450°N 9.033°E / 47.450; 9.033
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Thurgau
District	Münchwilen
Area
• Total	2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation	552 m (1,811 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,467
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Postal code	9535
SFOS number	4786
Surrounded by	Kirchberg (SG), Rickenbach, Sirnach, Wil (SG)
Website	www.wilen.ch SFSO statistics

Wilen is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. Prior to Thurgau's 1998 reorganisation, Wilen was known as Wilen bei Wil and was part of Rickenbach bei Wil, which was then broken up into the municipalities of Rickenbach and Wilen.

Wilen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.27 square kilometers (0.88 sq mi). Of this area, 1.26 km² (0.49 sq mi) or 55.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.47 km² (0.18 sq mi) or 20.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.47 km² (0.18 sq mi) or 20.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.06 km² (15 acres) or 2.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 15.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 18.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 52.4% is used for growing crops, while 3.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Wilen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 2,467 As of 2008^[update], 8.3% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of  %. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(95.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.6%) and English being third ( 0.6%).