Jonschwil
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Jonschwil
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Wil Constituency
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 3773
- Area
- 10.99
- Elevation
- 586
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Thur
- Shares border with
- Oberuzwil
- Official website
- www.jonschwil.ch
- Image
- Jonschwil 066.JPG
- Dialing code
- 071
- Licence plate code
- SG
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- Commons category
- Jonschwil
- postal code
- 9243
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3405
- P8168
- Walter Maddock
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Economy
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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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