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Ganterschwil is a former
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of
Toggenburg Toggenburg is a region of Switzerland. It corresponds to the upper valley of the River Thur (Switzerland), Thur and that of the Necker (river), Necker, one of its afluents. Since 1 January 2003, Toggenburg has been a constituency (''Wahlkreis ...
in the
canton Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an It ...
of St. Gallen in
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of
Bütschwil Bütschwil is a former municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Bütschwil and Ganterschwil merged to form the new municipality of ...
and Ganterschwil merged to form the new municipality of
Bütschwil-Ganterschwil Bütschwil-Ganterschwil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Toggenburg (Wahlkreis), Toggenburg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 Janua ...
.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013


History

Ganterschwil is first mentioned in 779 as ''Cantrichesuilare''.


Geography

Ganterschwil had an area, , of . Of this area, 63.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The former municipality is located in the Toggenburg ''Wahlkreis'' in a high plateau between the Thur and
Neckar The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar ...
rivers. It consists of the village of Ganterschwil and the
hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...
of Äwil, Anzenwil, Bleiken, Ötschwil and Tobel as well as scattered individual farm houses.


Coat of arms

The
blazon In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct an accurate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The visual d ...
of the municipal
coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...
is ''Or on a Base Vert a Woodpecker of the same and in chief sinister a Mullet Sable.''


Demographics

Ganterschwil had a population (as of 2011) of 1,196.Canton of St. Gallen Statistics Office
''Wohnbevölkerung (bis 2011)'' accessed 1 May 2012
, about 7.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 7 are from
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
, 12 are from
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
, 30 are from ex-
Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...
, 5 are from
Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
, 1 person is from
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
, and 16 are from another country.Der Kanton St. Gallen und seine Menschen in Zahlen - Ausgabe 2009
accessed 30 December 2009
Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.2%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.4%) and Italian being third ( 0.4%).
accessed 12-January-2010
Of the Swiss national languages (), 1,069 speak
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
, 3 people speak
French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...
, 4 people speak
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
, and 4 people speak Romansh. The age distribution, , in Ganterschwil is; 175 children or 15.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 202 teenagers or 18.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 114 people or 10.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 172 people or 15.5% are between 30 and 39, 172 people or 15.5% are between 40 and 49, and 103 people or 9.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 61 people or 5.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 79 people or 7.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 29 people or 2.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 4 people or 0.4% who are between 90 and 99.Canton St. Gallen Statistics-Hauptergebnisse der Volkszählung 2000: Regionen- und Gemeindevergleich-Personen
accessed 30 December 2009
there were 112 persons (or 10.1% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 193 (or 17.4%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 727 (or 65.4%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 48 (or 4.3%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 10 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 5 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, and 16 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20.7%), the CVP (18.1%) and the SP (8%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ganterschwil about 71.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory
upper secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...
or additional higher education (either university or a ''
Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...
''). Out of the total population in Ganterschwil, , the highest education level completed by 237 people (21.3% of the population) was
Primary Primary or primaries may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music Groups and labels * Primary (band), from Australia * Primary (musician), hip hop musician and record producer from South Korea * Primary Music, Israeli record label Work ...
, while 380 (34.2%) have completed Secondary, 78 (7.0%) have attended a
Tertiary Tertiary (from Latin, meaning 'third' or 'of the third degree/order..') may refer to: * Tertiary period, an obsolete geologic period spanning from 66 to 2.6 million years ago * Tertiary (chemistry), a term describing bonding patterns in organic ch ...
school, and 51 (4.6%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question. The historical population is given in the following table:


Economy

, Ganterschwil had an unemployment rate of 1.23%. , there were 85 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 38 businesses involved in this sector. 78 people are employed in the
secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...
and there are 20 businesses in this sector. 172 people are employed in the
tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...
, with 23 businesses in this sector. Of the companies with operations in Ganterschwil, Berlinger & Co. AG, a family-owned company with significant product lines of temperature monitoring technologies use by
pharmaceutical Medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal product, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy ( pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the ...
,
chemical A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. Chemical substances may take the form of a single element or chemical compounds. If two or more chemical substances can be combin ...
, cosmetic, and other industries, and of standardised doping control systems used in testing animal and human fluids (
urine Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in humans and many other animals. In placental mammals, urine flows from the Kidney (vertebrates), kidneys through the ureters to the urinary bladder and exits the urethra through the penile meatus (mal ...
,
blood Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood is com ...
), has received attention for providing the sample collection kits and related items for the
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. the average unemployment rate was 1.1%. There were 85 businesses in the municipality of which 21 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 29 were involved in the third. there were 212 residents who worked in the municipality, while 344 residents worked outside Ganterschwil and 156 people commuted into the municipality for work.St Gallen Canton statistics-Commuters
accessed 31 December 2009


Religion

From the , 603 or 54.3% are
Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
, while 398 or 35.8% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...
. Of the rest of the population, there are 3 individuals (or about 0.27% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith, there are 3 individuals (or about 0.27% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 11 individuals (or about 0.99% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 19 (or about 1.71% of the population) who are
Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
ic. There are 1 individuals (or about 0.09% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 37 (or about 3.33% of the population) belong to no church, are
agnostic Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, the divine, or the supernatural is either unknowable in principle or unknown in fact. (page 56 in 1967 edition) It can also mean an apathy towards such religious belief and refer to ...
or
atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...
, and 36 individuals (or about 3.24% of the population) did not answer the question.


References


External links


Official website
* {{Authority control Villages in the canton of St. Gallen Toggenburg