Wuppenau

Wuppenau
Coat of arms
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Location of Wuppenau
Coordinates: 47°29′N 9°6′E / 47.483°N 9.100°E / 47.483; 9.100Coordinates: 47°29′N 9°6′E / 47.483°N 9.100°E / 47.483; 9.100
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Thurgau
District	Weinfelden
Area
• Total	12.15 km2 (4.69 sq mi)
Elevation	615 m (2,018 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,121
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Postal code	9514
SFOS number	4791
Surrounded by	Braunau, Bronschhofen (SG), Kradolf-Schönenberg, Niederhelfenschwil (SG), Schönholzerswilen, Zuzwil (SG)
Website	www.wuppenau.ch SFSO statistics

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

Wuppenau has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 12.15 square kilometers (4.69 sq mi). Of this area, 9.07 km² (3.50 sq mi) or 74.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.26 km² (0.87 sq mi) or 18.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8 km² (0.31 sq mi) or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, 16.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 66.0% is used for growing crops, while 8.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.

In 1971 Hosenruck merged with Wuppenau.

Wuppenau has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,121 As of 2008^[update], 4.9% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -3.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(97.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 0.9%) and Romansh being third ( 0.5%).

As of 2008^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female. The population was made up of 479 Swiss men (47.5% of the population), and 28 (2.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 480 Swiss women (47.6%), and 21 (2.1%) non-Swiss women.