Stein (German pronunciation: [ʃtaɪn] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 2.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

[2] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or on a mount of the same a Stone Cliff vert.

[2] Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 391 speak German, 1 person speaks, Italian,[6] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Stein is; 61 children or 15.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 56 teenagers or 14.1% are between 10 and 19.

[6] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.8% of the vote.

[2] Out of the total population in Stein, as of 2000[update], the highest education level completed by 129 people (32.4% of the population) was Primary, while 136 (34.2%) have completed their secondary education, 27 (6.8%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 5 (1.3%) are not in school.

The Catholic church of St. Jacob was built in 1927-28, but the Rococo pulpit dates from 1770.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 173 or 43.5% are Roman Catholic, while 187 or 47.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.