Hemberg is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the ''Wahlkreis'' (

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) of

Toggenburg Toggenburg is a region of Switzerland. It corresponds to the upper valley of the river Thur and that of its main tributary, the Necker. Since 1 January 2003, Toggenburg has been a constituency (''Wahlkreis'') of the canton of St. Gallen ( S ...

in the canton of

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. On 1 January 2023 the former municipalities of Hemberg and

Oberhelfenschwil Oberhelfenschwil is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Oberhelfenschwil is first mentioned in 882 as ''Helfoltiswilare''. In 1515 it was mentioned as ''Oberhelfen ...

merged into the new municipality of

Neckertal Neckertal is a municipality in the Toggenburg district of the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It was formed on January 1, 2009, through the merger of Brunnadern, St. Peterzell, and Mogelsberg. Hemberg has an area, , of . Of this area, 63.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Toggenburg ''Wahlkreis'' in the alpine foothills around the upper Necker river. It is located in a line of hills at an elevation of and west of the Neckar river. It consists of the village of Hemberg and the

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of Bächli, Mistelegg, Bomen, Harzenmoos, Brand, Lemberg, Starkenbach, Wis and Unterhemberg.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Per fess dancety Argent and Vert.''

Demographics

Hemberg has a population (as of ) of . , about 5.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 14 are from

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, 1 person is from

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, 5 are from ex-

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, 3 are from

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, and 7 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 -1.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.7%), with English being second most common ( 0.5%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.3%).
accessed 12-January-2010 Of the Swiss national languages (), 932 speak

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, 1 person speaks,

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, The age distribution, , in Hemberg is; 146 children or 15.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 187 teenagers or 19.8% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 90 people or 9.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 111 people or 11.8% are between 30 and 39, 136 people or 14.4% are between 40 and 49, and 95 people or 10.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 70 people or 7.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 77 people or 8.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 26 people or 2.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 6 people or 0.6% who are between 90 and 99.Canton St. Gallen Statistics-Hauptergebnisse der Volkszählung 2000: Regionen- und Gemeindevergleich-Personen
accessed 30 December 2009 there were 85 persons (or 9.0% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 156 (or 16.5%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 553 (or 58.6%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 47 (or 5.0%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 9 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 3 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, and 91 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (15.8%), the CVP (15.6%) and the SP (7.9%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Hemberg about 66.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Out of the total population in Hemberg, , the highest education level completed by 232 people (24.6% of the population) was

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, while 283 (30.0%) have completed Secondary, 65 (6.9%) have attended a

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school, and 44 (4.7%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question. The historical population is given in the following table:

Religion

From the , 156 or 16.5% are

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, while 683 or 72.4% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

. Of the rest of the population, there are 7 individuals (or about 0.74% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 23 individuals (or about 2.44% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 4 individuals (or about 0.42% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 52 (or about 5.51% of the population) belong to no church, are

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, and 19 individuals (or about 2.01% of the population) did not answer the question.

Heritage sites of national significance

The ''Rotes Haus'' (Red House) in Bächli on Brugg 693 is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Economy

, Hemberg had an unemployment rate of 0.63%. , there were 165 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 72 businesses involved in this sector. 47 people are employed in the

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and there are 12 businesses in this sector. 178 people are employed in the

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, with 32 businesses in this sector. the average unemployment rate was 1.6%. There were 115 businesses in the municipality of which 11 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 36 were involved in the third. there were 246 residents who worked in the municipality, while 191 residents worked outside Hemberg and 54 people commuted into the municipality for work.St Gallen Canton statistics-Commuters
accessed 31 December 2009

References

External links

Official website
* {{Authority control Former municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen Cultural property of national significance in the canton of St. Gallen Toggenburg