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Also known as Jonschwil SG

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

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Jonschwil
Swiss town.image_photo
Jonschwil 066.JPG
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Jonschwil-blazon.svg
Swiss town.canton
St. Gallen
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-SG
Swiss town.district
Wil
Swiss town.postal_code
9243
Swiss town.municipality_code
3405
Swiss town.area
10.99
Swiss town.elevation
600
Swiss town.website
www.jonschwil.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Stefan Frei
Swiss town.places
Schwarzenbach
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Kirchberg, Lütisburg, Oberuzwil, Rickenbach (TG), Uzwil, Wil

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

==History== Jonschwil was first mentioned in 796 as Johannisvilare. In 1282 it was mentioned as Jonswiler. The village of Schwarzenbach was first mentioned in 779, and the hamlet of Bettenau was mentioned in 772 as Betinauvia.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jonschwil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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