Gommiswald
Gommiswald | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Canton of St. Gallen (SG) |
Constituency : | Sea gaster |
BFS no. : | 3341 |
Postal code : | 8725 Gebertingen 8725 Ernetschwil 8726 Ricken 8737 Gommiswald 8738 Uetliburg 8739 Rieden |
Coordinates : | 719 975 / 232330 |
Height : | 590 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 482–1443 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 33.59 km² |
Residents: | 5167 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 154 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.gommiswald.ch |
Gommiswald village center with church |
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Location of the municipality | |
Gommiswald is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen . It is in the See-Gaster constituency .
geography
The community of Gommiswald is about 4 km east of Uznach am Ricken . Since the merger in 2013, the political community has consisted of the villages of Ernetschwil , Gebertingen, Gommiswald, Ricken, Rieden and Uetliburg.
Local parishes
The community merged from Gommiswald, Ernetschwil and Rieden in 2013 has since consisted of the independent local communities Gommiswald-Dorf and Rieden . There is no corresponding local community for Ernetschwil, which was previously independent of Gommiswald from 1807 to 2012.
population
Population development | |
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year | Residents |
1850 | 1092 |
1900 | 1010 |
1950 | 1187 |
1980 | 1601 |
2000 | 2634 |
2010 | 2791 |
2012 | 4883 |
Attractions
- Premonstratensian monastery on Mount Sion near the village of Uetliburg.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Emil Würmli (1920–2007), military trumpeter, composer and conductor
- Michael Hüppi (* 1956), lawyer and sports official
photos
literature
- Alois Stadler: Gommiswald. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
Commons : Gommiswald - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Facts about Gommiswald. Retrieved February 26, 2013 .