Uttwil

Uttwil is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Geography

Uttwil has an area, as of 2009, of 4.34 square kilometers (1.68 sq mi). Of this area, 2.29 km² (0.88 sq mi) or 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.33 km² (0.51 sq mi) or 30.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7 km² (0.27 sq mi) or 16.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 8.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.9%. Out of the forested land, 29.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.2% is used for growing crops, while 16.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.