Wilen is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Wilen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.27 square kilometers (0.88 sq mi).

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (95.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.6%) and English being third ( 0.6%).

[5] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Wilen is; 281 children or 13.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 299 teenagers or 14.5% are between 10 and 19.

[10] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.55% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 658 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.6%.

[11] The historical population is given in the following table:[12] As of  2007[update], Wilen had an unemployment rate of 1%.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 1,088 or 61.8% were Roman Catholic, while 457 or 26.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

It is also home to the Wilen bei Wil primary school district.

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

At the lower primary level, there were 47 children or 54.0% of the total population who were female, 7 or 8.0% were not Swiss citizens and 2 or 2.3% did not speak German natively.

In the upper primary level, there were 34 or 36.2% who were female, 3 or 3.2% were not Swiss citizens and 3 or 3.2% did not speak German natively.