Oberbüren

Oberbüren is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 12% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.9%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent Stag Skull and Antlers Gules.

Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), 17 are from Germany, 34 are from Italy, 283 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 18 are from Austria, 19 are from Turkey, and 122 are from another country.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Oberbüren is; 603 children or 15.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 593 teenagers or 15.0% are between 10 and 19.

[4] Out of the total population in Oberbüren, as of 2000[update], the highest education level completed by 756 people (19.2% of the population) was Primary, while 1,564 (39.6%) have completed their secondary education, 330 (8.4%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 125 (3.2%) are not in school.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 2,337 or 59.2% are Roman Catholic, while 831 or 21.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Near Oberbüren, the confluence of the Glatt river into the Thur, with the mouth of the Uze river in the background
Aerial view from 600 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1929)