Wigoltingen

Wigoltingen is a municipality in the district of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Wigoltingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 17.15 square kilometers (6.62 sq mi).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Wigoltingen is; 195 children or 9.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 282 teenagers or 13.3% are between 10 and 19.

[12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.64% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 769 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.3%.

[13] The historical population is given in the following table:[14] The Altenklingen Castle is listed as Swiss a heritage site of national significance.

The hamlet of Engwang and Altenklingen Castle are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 506 or 24.9% were Roman Catholic, while 1,190 or 58.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Of the children in kindergarten, 20 or 32.8% were female, 9 or 14.8% were not Swiss citizens and 7 or 11.5% did not speak German natively.

The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years.

At the lower primary level, there were 51 children or 51.0% of the total population who were female, 7 or 7.0% were not Swiss citizens and 10 or 10.0% did not speak German natively.

In the upper primary level, there were 45 or 39.1% who were female, 8 or 7.0% were not Swiss citizens and 6 or 5.2% did not speak German natively.

There were 64 teenagers who were in the standard school, of which 32 or 50.0% were female, 6 or 9.4% were not Swiss citizens and 5 or 7.8% did not speak German natively.

[18] Müllheim-Wigoltingen railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn services S8 and S30.

Aerial view from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1924)