Raperswilen is a

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in the canton of

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History

Prehistorically, two fortifications existed within the borders of Raperswilen. Risi was a

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fort while Schanz was probably from the

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. The modern village of Raperswilen is first mentioned in 1227 as ''Raperswilar''. Büren and Müllberg hamlets belonged to the court of Klingenberg, while a part of Fischbach, Helsighausen and Raperwilen belonged to the court of Fruthwilen. Four houses in Fischbach belonged to the court of Hattenhausen and another six homes were directly under the

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. Raperswilen and Helsighausen are first mentioned together in 1616. In 1529 the chapel in Raperswilen was

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and around 1560, it was used by the local

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s for meetings. Starting in 1562 the

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held services in the chapel. From 1661 until 1798, this duty was shared with the pastor of Lipperswil. The new church of Raperswilen was built in 1766 but still belonged to the Wigoltingen

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. The English noble George Treherne built Müllberg Castle in 1854–66. In 1905 it was converted into a fresh air health

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(). However, it burned down in 1914. The economy of the municipality was dominated by orchards and agriculture, and later by livestock, dairy farming and forestry. Raperswilen has some wood processing companies, some light auto industry and a

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sand pit. Just over half the population commuted away from the municipality for work in 2000. In 2005 agriculture provided 43% of the jobs in the municipality.

Geography

Raperswilen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 64.3% is used for growing crops, while 3.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in Kreuzlingen District. It is located in the ''Seerücken'' hills. It consists of the village of Raperswilen and the

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of Büren, Fischbach, Helsighausen, Müllberg and Sonnenberg.

Demographics

Raperswilen has a population () of , 4.5% 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 -13.6%. Most of the population () speaks

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(97.9%), with

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being second most common ( 0.7%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.5%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 7 July 2010 , the gender distribution of the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. The population was made up of 182 Swiss men (45.4% of the population), and 11 (2.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 201 Swiss women (50.1%), and 7 (1.7%) non-Swiss women. In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and in same time span there were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 3 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 2 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 5 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 3 people. This represents a

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of 0.5%. The age distribution, , in Raperswilen is; 45 children or 11.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 51 teenagers or 12.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 43 people or 10.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 46 people or 11.4% are between 30 and 39, 68 people or 16.9% are between 40 and 49, and 64 people or 15.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 43 people or 10.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 24 people or 6.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 17 people or 4.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 or older. , there were 146 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. there were 64 single family homes (or 85.3% of the total) out of a total of 75 inhabited buildings. There were 8 two family buildings (10.7%), 2 three family buildings (2.7%) and 1 multi-family buildings (or 1.3%). There were 98 (or 23.0%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 256 (or 60.1%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 28 (or 6.6%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 3 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 2 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 10 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.23%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.5 new units per 1000 residents. there were 156 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 44. There were 3 single room apartments and 44 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 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 67.75% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (7.99%), the CVP (7.4%) and the

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(7%). In the federal election, a total of 169 votes were cast, and the

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was 56.9%. The historical population is given in the following table:

Economy

, Raperswilen had an unemployment rate of 0.86%. , there were 63 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 26 businesses involved in this sector. 51 people are employed in the

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and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 32 people are employed in the

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, with 10 businesses in this sector. there were 304 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 120 or about 39.5% of the residents worked outside Raperswilen while 29 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 213 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 5% used public transportation to get to work, and 46.2% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 74 or 17.4% were

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, while 300 or 70.4% belonged to the

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. Of the rest of the population, there is 1 individual who belongs to the Orthodox Church, and there are 13 individuals (or about 3.05% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were 2 (or about 0.47% of the population) who are

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ic. There are 1 individuals (or about 0.23% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 21 (or about 4.93% of the population) belong to no church, are

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, and 14 individuals (or about 3.29% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education

In Raperswilen about 69.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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'').Canton Thurgau Schools
accessed 23 June 2010

References

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