Münchwilen district

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Münchwilen district
Münchwilen district
Basic data
Country: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ThurgauCanton of Thurgau Thurgau (TG)
Main town : Münchwilen TG
FSO number : 2014
Area : 138.19  km²
Height range : 422–991 m above sea level M.
Residents: 47,325 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 342 inhabitants per km²
map
Map of Münchwilen district

Münchwilen is a district in the canton of Thurgau . The main town is Münchwilen . The traditional name of the landscape is Hinterthurgau , and the region is popularly called Tannzapfenland. As an economic region, it was marketed as Südthurgau from 2009 to 2016 .

From 1798 to 1871 Täger was the district capital.

Political communities

The following 13 municipalities belong to the district:
As of January 1, 2011

coat of arms Name of the parish Population
(December 31, 2018)
Area
in km²
Inhabitant
per km²
coat of arms
Aadorf 9037 19.94 453
coat of arms
Bed meadows 1247 3.85 324
coat of arms
Bichelsee-Balterswil 2864 12.26 234
coat of arms
Braunau 778 9.17 85
coat of arms
Eschlikon 4372 6.22 703
coat of arms
Fischingen 2792 30.58 91
coat of arms
Lommis 1215 8.61 141
coat of arms
Münchwilen (TG) 5624 7.81 720
coat of arms
Rickenbach (TG) 2774 1.58 1756
coat of arms
Sirnach 7766 12.38 627
coat of arms
Tobel-Tägerschen 1615 7.11 227
coat of arms
Wängi 4720 16.43 287
coat of arms
Wilen (TG) 2521 2.25 1120
Total (13) 47,325 138.19 342

Changes in the community

Web links

Commons : Münchwilen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. Why the southernmost part of the canton is called Hinterthurgau. In: Regionaljournal Ostschweiz from 9 September 2016
  3. ^ History. On the website of the Tobel-Tägerschen community, accessed on November 30, 2019
  4. Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.