Neckertal
Neckertal is a municipality in the Toggenburg district of the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
It was formed on January 1, 2009, through the merger of Brunnadern, St. Peterzell, and Mogelsberg. On 1 January 2023 the former municipalities of Hemberg and Oberhelfenschwil merged into the new municipality of Neckertal.
Neckertal has an area of. As of 2012, a total of 26.17 km2 or 53.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.51 km2 or 39.8% is forested. The rest of the municipality is 2.8 km2 or 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.29 km2 or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.23 km2 or 0.5% is unproductive land.
During the same year, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. A total of 36.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 51.7% is pasturage and 1.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
It is made up of the villages of Brunnadern, St. Peterzell, and Mogelsberg as well as the hamlets of Wald-Schönengrund, Dicken, Nassen, Hoffeld, Dieselbach, Ebersol and Necker.
It was formed on January 1, 2009, through the merger of Brunnadern, St. Peterzell, and Mogelsberg. On 1 January 2023 the former municipalities of Hemberg and Oberhelfenschwil merged into the new municipality of Neckertal.
Neckertal has an area of. As of 2012, a total of 26.17 km2 or 53.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.51 km2 or 39.8% is forested. The rest of the municipality is 2.8 km2 or 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.29 km2 or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.23 km2 or 0.5% is unproductive land.
During the same year, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. A total of 36.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 51.7% is pasturage and 1.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
It is made up of the villages of Brunnadern, St. Peterzell, and Mogelsberg as well as the hamlets of Wald-Schönengrund, Dicken, Nassen, Hoffeld, Dieselbach, Ebersol and Necker.
Map - Neckertal
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Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas the Swiss population of approximately 8.7 million is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities and economic centres are located, including Zürich, Geneva and Basel.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| CHF | Swiss franc | Fr | 2 |
| CHE | WIR Bank | 2 | |
| CHW | WIR Bank | 2 |
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| FR | French language |
| DE | German language |
| IT | Italian language |
| RM | Romansh language |