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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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Wikidata facts

Official name
Wil (SG)
Population
23955
Area
20.82
Elevation
571
Official website
www.stadtwil.ch
Image
WilAltstadt1.JPG
Dialing code
071
Licence plate code
SG
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Commons category
Wil SG
postal code
9500
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3427
native label
Wil
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Contents
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Transport
  • Sport
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Crime
  • Mayor
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

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 "Abbots Town" ("Äbtestadt") and is the third largest city in the canton of St. Gallen, after St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona.

In 1984, Wil was awarded the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.

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