Affeltrangen is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Münchwilen in the
canton of
Thurgau
Thurgau (; french: Thurgovie; it, Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, more formally the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital is Frauenfeld.
Thurgau is par ...
in
Switzerland.
History
Affeltrangen is first mentioned in 779 as ''Affaltrawangas''.
[ In 1995 Affeltrangen merged with Buch bei Märwil, Märwil and Zezikon.][Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010
In the 8th and 9th Centuries, the Abbey of St. Gall
The Abbey of Saint Gall (german: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot ...
acquired property in Affeltragen. In 1228 the Commandry
In the Middle Ages, a commandery (rarely commandry) was the smallest administrative division of the European landed properties of a military order. It was also the name of the house where the knights of the commandery lived.Anthony Luttrell and G ...
of Tobel acquired the entire village, which was part of the court of Tobel from about 1280 until 1798.[
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Geography
Affeltrangen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 73.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.9% is unproductive land.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, 13.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 65.4% is used for growing crops, while 8.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. Of the unproductive areas, and .[
The municipality is located in the Münchwilen district, located in the upper ''Lauchetal'' (Lauch Valley). It consists of the villages of Affeltrangen, Buch bei Märwil, Märwil and Zezikon. Affeltragen consists of the ]hamlets
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...
of Affeltragen, Bollsteg, Isenegg, Kreuzegg, Nägelishub and Rüti.
Demographics
Affeltrangen has a population () of . , 11.8% of the population are foreign nationals.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008]
accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 12%. Most of the population () speaks German
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* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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(91.8%), with Italian
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being second most common ( 2.5%) and Albanian being third ( 1.9%).[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 29-September-2010
, the gender distribution of the population was 52.1% male and 47.9% female. The population was made up of 1,050 Swiss men (45.9% of the population), and 142 (6.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 967 Swiss women (42.3%), and 127 (5.6%) non-Swiss women.population growth rate
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...
of 1.6%.[
The age distribution, , in Affeltrangen is; 264 children or 11.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 303 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 312 people or 13.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 272 people or 11.9% are between 30 and 39, 406 people or 17.7% are between 40 and 49, and 330 people or 14.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 211 people or 9.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 118 people or 5.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 63 people or 2.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 9 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
, there were 789 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.][ there were 320 single family homes (or 81.4% of the total) out of a total of 393 inhabited buildings. There were 29 two family buildings (7.4%), 18 three family buildings (4.6%) and 26 multi-family buildings (or 6.6%). There were 428 (or 20.0%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 1,312 (or 61.5%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 113 (or 5.3%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 18 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 6 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 31 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 27 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 3.45%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4 new units per 1000 residents.][ there were 849 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 6 room apartment of which there were 226. There were 16 single room apartments and 226 apartments with six or more rooms.][Statistical Office of Thurgau]
, MS Excel document - ''Wohnungen nach Anzahl Zimmer und Gemeinden, Jahr 2000'' accessed 24 June 2010 the average price to rent an average apartment in Affeltrangen was 1032.70 Swiss francs (CHF) per month (US$830, £460, €660 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for a one-room apartment was 530.50 CHF (US$420, £240, €340), a two-room apartment was about 666.62 CHF (US$530, £300, €430), a three-room apartment was about 828.50 CHF (US$660, £370, €530) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1851.58 CHF (US$1480, £830, €1190). The average apartment price in Affeltrangen was 92.5% of the national average of 1116 CHF.
In the 2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SVP which received 57.01% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (11.64%), the Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
(8.73%) and the FDP (8.03%). In the federal election, a total of 761 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
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was 49.4%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Economy
, Affeltrangen had an unemployment rate of 1.37%. , there were 163 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 64 businesses involved in this sector. 405 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 48 businesses in this sector. 395 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 second ...
, with 75 businesses in this sector.[
there were 1,510 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 665 or about 44.0% of the residents worked outside Affeltrangen while 364 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 1,209 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 7% used public transportation to get to work, and 49.1% used a private car.][
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Religion
From the , 765 or 35.8% were Roman Catholic
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, while 985 or 46.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 38 individuals (or about 1.78% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 84 individuals (or about 3.93% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were 66 (or about 3.09% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 5 individuals (or about 0.23% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 138 (or about 6.46% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 54 individuals (or about 2.53% of the population) did not answer the question.Statistical Office of Thurgau
, MS Excel document – ''Wohnbevölkerung Gemeinden nach religiöser Zugehörigkeit, Jahr 2000'' accessed 23 June 2010
Transport
Affeltrangen sits on the Wil–Kreuzlingen line between Wil
Wil () is the capital of the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona, a twin city that merged in ...
and Weinfelden
Weinfelden is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of the same name.
Weinfelden is an old town, which was known during Roman times as Quivelda (Winis Feld).
Weinfelden is mostly known through ...
and is served by the St. Gallen S-Bahn at Märwil railway station.
Weather
Affeltrangen has an average of 133.3 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives of precipitation
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. The wettest month is June during which time Affeltrangen receives an average of of rain. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12.6 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 13.5, but with only of rain or snow. The driest month of the year is February with an average of of precipitation over 12.6 days.[, the weather station elevation is 479 meters above sea level.]
Education
In Affeltrangen about 72.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '' Fachhochschule'').[
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References
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