Wil

Also known as Wil SG, Wil, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Wil (SG), Wil, Switzerland, Stadt Wil

Wil () is a town and political municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It has a small-town character and is an important center for the west of the canton, lower Toggenburg and Hinterthurgau. Wil had a population of 25,176 by the end of 2024. With 74,550 inhabitants (according to the FSO), the agglomeration of Wil is the second-largest conurbation in Eastern Switzerland. The former political municipality of Bronschhofen has been part of the town of Wil since 1 January 2013. For more than 500 years, the prince-abbots of St. Gallen resided in the "Hof" of Wil; Wil is also called

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Wil
Swiss town.municipality_type: City
Swiss town.image_photo: Wil Wolken 1960.JPG
Swiss town.image_caption: Historic town center of Wil (2004)
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Wil SG COA.svg
Swiss town.canton: St. Gallen
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-SG
Swiss town.district: Wahlkreis Wil
Swiss town.postal_code: 9500
Swiss town.municipality_code: 3427
Swiss town.area: 7.62
Swiss town.elevation: 571
Swiss town.website: www.stadtwil.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Hans Mäder
Swiss town.mayor_asof: January 2021
Swiss town.mayor_party: Die Mitte
Swiss town.mayor_title: Stadtpräsident
Swiss town.list_of_mayors: List of mayors of Wil

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Stadt Wil

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Wil (SG)
Country: Switzerland
Located in: Wil Constituency
Official language: Swiss High German
Population: 23955
Area: 20.82
Elevation: 571
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Thur
Shares border with: Rickenbach
Official website: www.stadtwil.ch
Image: WilAltstadt1.JPG
Dialing code: 071
Licence plate code: SG

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category for people born here: Category:Births in Wil, Switzerland
Commons category: Wil SG
postal code: 9500
twinned administrative body: Dobrzeń Wielki
topic's main category: Category:Wil
category of associated people: Category:People from Wil
replaces: Bronschhofen
P8168: Blanquism
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3427
native label: Wil

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Article · Italiano

Wil (toponimo tedesco) è un comune svizzero di 23 667 abitanti del Canton San Gallo, nel distretto di Wil del quale è capoluogo; ha lo status di città. Il 1º gennaio 2013 ha inglobato il comune soppresso di Bronschhofen; Wil dopo San Gallo e Rapperswil-Jona è la città più grande del cantone.

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