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The
Canton of St. Gallen (German:
Kanton ) is a
canton of
Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of
2,026 km², and has a population
as of 2006 of 461,810. The capital is
St. Gallen. There are alternative spellings for the canton:
St. Gall,
Saint Gall,
Saint Gallen.
Cities and towns
Cities (with more than 10,000 inhabitants):
Geography
The canton is located in the north east of Switzerland. It is bounded to the north by
Lake Constance (
Bodensee). To the east lies the Rhine valley. Over the Rhine are
Austria (state of
Vorarlberg) and
Liechtenstein. To the south, the canton of St. Gallen is bounded by the
cantons of Graubünden,
Glarus and
Schwyz. To the west lie the
cantons of Zürich and
Thurgau.
The two half cantons
Appenzell Innerrhoden and
Appenzell Ausserrhoden are completely surrounded by lands of the canton of St. Gallen.
The main rivers of the canton are the
Rhine,
Thur,
Linth and
Seez. The topography changes from the plains, near river Rhine and Lake Constance, towards the mountainous areas in the south. About one quarter of the land is covered in forests and more than half consists of Alpine pastures.
History
The lands of the canton St. Gallen represent acquisitions of the abbey of St. Gallen over centuries. The canton of St. Gallen was part of the
canton of Säntis during the
Helvetic Republic. This was only possible after secularizing the abbey in
1798. In
1803 the area joined the
Swiss Confederation as canton St. Gallen. The constitution was established in
1890.
Economy
Agricultural activity consists predominantly of
dairy farming and cattle breeding in the mountainous areas. In the plains fruit and wine production are important, but there's also mixed farming.
Industries of the canton include optical goods, pyrotechnics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Tourism plays an important role in the many resorts. There is a thermal spa in
Bad Ragaz and an other in
St. Margrethen and a great number of winter sports facilities.
Constituencies and municipalities
The canton is subdivided in following
constituencies (
Wahlkreise). The structure replaced districts (
Bezirke) on
January 1,
2003:
St. Gallen with 113,019 inhabitants : municipalities St. Gallen, Eggersriet, Wittenbach, Häggenschwil, Muolen, Waldkirch, Andwil, Gossau and Gaiserwald)
Wil with 67,416 inhabitants : municipalities Jonschwil, Oberuzwil, Uzwil, Flawil, Degersheim, Wil, Bronschhofen, Zuzwil, Oberbüren, Niederbüren and Niederhelfenschwil
Rheintal with 62,523 inhabitants : municipalities Rheineck, St. Margrethen, Au, Berneck, Balgach, Diepoldsau, Widnau, Rebstein, Marbach, Altstätten, Eichberg, Oberriet and Rüthi
See-Gaster with 58,492 inhabitants : municipalities Amden, Weesen, Schänis, Benken, Kaltbrunn, Rieden, Gommiswald, Ernetschwil, Uznach, Schmerikon, Rapperswil-Jona (separated until 2007), Eschenbach, Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel
Toggenburg with 45,381 inhabitants : municipalities Wildhaus, Alt St. Johann, Stein, Nesslau, Krummenau, Ebnat-Kappel, Wattwil, Lichtensteig, Oberhelfenschwil, Brunnadern, Hemberg, St. Peterzell, Krinau, Bütschwil, Lütisburg, Mosnang, Kirchberg, Mogelsberg and Ganterschwil)
Rorschach with 39,395 inhabitants : municipalities Mörschwil, Goldach, Steinach, Berg, Tübach, Untereggen, Rorschacherberg, Rorschach and Thal
Sarganserland with 35,553 inhabitants : municipalities Sargans, Vilters-Wangs, Bad Ragaz, Pfäfers, Mels, Flums, Walenstadt and Quarten
Werdenberg with 33,414 inhabitants : municipalities Sennwald, Gams, Grabs, Buchs, Sevelen and Wartau
See Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen for an alphabetical list.
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