- Nesslau-Krummenau
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Nesslau-Krummenau Nesslau village
Country Switzerland 
Canton St. Gallen District Toggenburg 47°13′N 9°12′E / 47.217°N 9.2°ECoordinates: 47°13′N 9°12′E / 47.217°N 9.2°E Population 3,307 (Dec 2009)[1] - Density 41 /km2 (106 /sq mi) Area 80.48 km2 (31.07 sq mi)[2] Elevation 759 m (2,490 ft) Postal code 9650 / 9651 / 9652 / 9643 SFOS number 3358 Mayor Rolf Huber Surrounded by Alt Sankt Johann, Amden, Ebnat-Kappel, Hemberg, Hundwil (AR), Schänis, Stein, Urnäsch (AR), Wildhaus Website www.nesslau-krummenau.ch
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Nesslau-Krummenau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was formed from the January 1, 2005 union of the formerly separate municipalities of Nesslau and Krummenau.[3]
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History
Nesslau is first mentioned in 1178 as Mezellouo. In 1261 it was mentioned as Nesselove and ze dem Wassere. In 912 the hamlet of Lutenwil was mentioned as Lutherraheimara.[4] Krummenau is first mentioned in 1266 as Crumbenowe.[5]
Geography
Panoramic Nesslau-Krummenau
Nesslau-Krummenau has an area, as of 2006[update], of 80.4 km2 (31.0 sq mi). Of this area, 53.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).[6]
The municipality is located in the Toggenburg Wahlkreis. It is located on both sides of the Thur river between the Speer and Stockberg and from the Silberplatten in the Säntis range over the Schwägalp Pass to Mistelegg. Since the merger in 2005 it is in terms of land area the third largest municipality in the canton.[7] It consists of the villages of Nesslau, Krummenau, Neu St. Johann, Dorf and Ennetbühl as well as the hamlets of Lutenwil, Krümmenschwil, Büel, Schneit, Laad, Schlatt (until the merger an exclave of Nesslau in Krummenau), Aemelsberg and Beiereggbis.
The municipalities of Stein and Nesslau-Krummenau are seeking approval from the voters to merge on 1 January 2013 into a new municipality with an as yet (as of 2010[update]) undetermined name.[3]
Demographics
Nesslau-Krummenau has a population (as of 31 December 2009) of 3,307.[1] As of 2007[update], about 7.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), .[8] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (94.9%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.8%) and Albanian being third ( 0.8%).[6]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (16.6%), the FDP (16.3%) and the SP (9.7%).[6]
The historical population is given in the following table:[4][5]
year population 1827 4,100 1850 3,937 1900 3,556 1950 3,898 2000 3,665 Heritage sites of national significance
The house at Sidwaldstrasse 6 and the former Benedictine Abbey of Neu St. Johann are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.[9] The village of Ennetbühl is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[10]
Economy
As of 2007[update], Nesslau-Krummenau had an unemployment rate of 0.61%. As of 2005[update], there were 401 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 164 businesses involved in this sector. 240 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 47 businesses in this sector. 937 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 116 businesses in this sector.[6]
As of October 2009[update] the average unemployment rate was 1.8%.[11] There were 319 businesses in the municipality of which 49 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 119 were involved in the third.[12]
References
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office, MS Excel document – Bilanz der ständigen Wohnbevölkerung nach Kantonen, Bezirken und Gemeinden (German) accessed 25 August 2010
- ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
- ^ a b Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 14 January 2010
- ^ a b Nesslau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b Krummenau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b c d Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 15-January-2010
- ^ Nesslau-Krummenau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ Der Kanton St. Gallen und seine Menschen in Zahlen - Ausgabe 2009 (German) accessed 30 December 2009
- ^ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance 21.11.2008 version, (German) accessed 15-Jan-2010
- ^ ISOS site accessed 15-Jan-2010
- ^ St Gallen Canton statistics-Unemployment (German) accessed 30 December 2009
- ^ St Gallen Canton statistics-Businesses (German) accessed 31 December 2009
External links
- Official website (German)
- Krummenau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Bütschwil | Ebnat-Kappel | Ganterschwil | Hemberg | Kirchberg | Krinau | Lichtensteig | Lütisburg | Mosnang | Neckertal | Nesslau-Krummenau | Oberhelfenschwil | Stein | Wattwil | Wildhaus-Alt St.Johann
St. Gallen | Districts of Canton St. Gallen | Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen
Categories:- Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen
- Municipalities of Switzerland
- Cultural property of national significance in the canton of St. Gallen
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