Ebnat-Kappel is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Of the rest of the land, 5.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.9%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), 59 are from Germany, 127 are from Italy, 322 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 16 are from Austria, 184 are from Turkey, and 97 are from another country.
[10] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Ebnat-Kappel is; 584 children or 11.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 756 teenagers or 15.1% are between 10 and 19.
[5] Out of the total population in Ebnat-Kappel, as of 2000[update], the highest education level completed by 1,297 people (25.9% of the population) was Primary, while 1,729 (34.5%) have completed Secondary, 373 (7.4%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 227 (4.5%) are not in school.
[10] The historical population is given in the following table:[3][4] The village of Ebnat-Kappel and the Trempel are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
[15] From the 2000 census[update], 1,393 or 27.8% are Roman Catholic, while 2,471 or 49.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.
The wettest month is July during which time Ebnat-Kappel receives an average of 196 mm (7.7 in) of rain or snow.
The driest month of the year is February with an average of 117 mm (4.6 in) of precipitation over 10.9 days.