Uzwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
History
Uzwil was first mentioned in 819 as Uzzinwilare. The village of Henau was first mentioned 754 as Villa Aninauva at the Monastery of St. Gallen in the "Henau document" (Henauer Urkunde).
Geography
Uzwil has an area, , of . Of this area, 53.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
Demographics
Uzwil has a population (as of ) of . , about 25.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 198 are from Germany, 400 are from Italy, 1,587 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 74 are from Austria, 202 are from Turkey, and 270 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (86.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (4.3%) and Albanian being third (3.0%). Of the Swiss national languages (), 10,321 speak German, 45 people speak French, 310 people speak Italian, and 21 people speak Romansh.
there were 1,334 people (or 11.1% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 2,635 (or 22.0%) people who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 6,936 (or 57.9%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 575 (or 4.8%) people who lived in a single parent home, while there were 64 people who were adult children living with one or both parents, 24 people who lived in a household made up of relatives, 96 who lived in a household made up of unrelated people, and 313 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
Economy
, Uzwil had an unemployment rate of 2.58%. , there were 141 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 50 businesses involved in this sector. 4,126 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 101 businesses in this sector. 2,179 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 307 businesses in this sector. There were 451 businesses in the municipality of which 104 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 303 were involved in the third.
there were 2,837 residents who worked in the municipality, while 3,232 residents worked outside Uzwil and 3,763 people commuted into the municipality for work.
The largest company in Uzwil is Bühler AG.
Transportation
Uzwil railway station is on the St. Gallen–Winterthur railway line. A second station on the same line, , is closed since December 2013. The municipality is served by bus routes of PostBus Switzerland.
Uzwil is on the A1-Autobahn Geneva–St. Margrethen.
Religion
From the , 5,446 or 45.5% are Roman Catholic, while 3,521 or 29.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there is 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic faith, there are 552 individuals (or about 4.61% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 357 individuals (or about 2.98% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 887 (or about 7.41% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 82 individuals (or about 0.68% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 776 (or about 6.48% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 355 individuals (or about 2.96% of the population) did not answer the question.