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Häggenschwil

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Häggenschwil

Total population

1,426

Elevation554 m
Land area9.07 km²
Coordinates47.49°, 9.34°

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City facts

Elevation
554 m
Area
9.07 km²
Official website
www.haeggenschwil.ch

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Overview

Häggenschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

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History & geography

History

Häggenschwil is first mentioned in 1419 as Hergnschwylen.

Geography

Häggenschwil has an area, , of . Of this area, 75.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.9%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the St Gallen Wahlkreis. It consists of the settlements of Häggenschwil and Lömmenschwil as well as several small hamlets and the exclaves of Raach and Ruggisberg..

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Geography

Latitude
47.4943
Longitude
9.3450
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Notable people from here

Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein
Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein
second son of Prince Hans-Adam II and Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein
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Boris Luban-Plozza
Swiss physician (1923-2002)
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Brigitte Oelke
Swiss actor and dancer
Orhan Ademi
Orhan Ademi
Turkish-Swiss association football player (born 1991)
Dieter Moebius
Dieter Moebius
Swiss musician (1944-2015)
Bruno Oberle
Bruno Oberle
Swiss biologist (1955-)
Hans Feurer
Hans Feurer
Swiss photographer (1939–2024)
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Carl Arnold Gonzenbach
Swiss artist (1806-1885)
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Carl Böckli
Swiss journalist and writer (1889-1970)
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Carlo Schöb
Swiss saxophonist
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Catherine Ann Berger
Swiss journalist
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Charles Stoffel
Swiss sportsman (1893-1970)
Chris Sulser
Chris Sulser
Swiss actor and film producer
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Christian Mengelt
Swiss artist and graphic designer
Christian Rutishauser
Christian Rutishauser
Swiss priest
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Christoph Keller
Swiss writer and translator

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.4
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,240

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
32
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
3201
Population (Wikidata)
1,364
Wikidata
Q66087

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771