Andwil

Andwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

History

Andwil is first mentioned in 846 as Anninwilare. In 1275 it was mentioned as Annewiler.

Geography

Andwil has an area, as of 2006, of 6.3 km² (2.4 sq mi). Of this area, 68.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

The municipality is located in the St. Gallen Wahlkreise. It consists of the village of Andwil and the hamlets of Oberarnegg, Fronackeren and Hinterberg, as well as the more distant Andwilermoos.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Deer Head couped Gules.

Demographics

Andwil has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 1,912.As of 2007, about 6.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000), 11 are from Germany, 16 are from Italy, 47 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 8 are from Austria, 8 are from Turkey, and 24 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 20%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (94.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.2%) and Albanian being third ( 1.1%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 1,473 speak German, 5 people speak French, 9 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh.