Uzwil

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Coordinates: 47°26′N 9°08′E

Uzwil
Image:Wappen Uzwil.png
Canton St. Gallen
District Wahlkreis Wil
Coordinates  47°26′N 9°08′E
Population 12,085   (January 2004)
Area 14.49 km²
Elevation 560 m
Postal code 9240
SFOS number 3408
Website www.uzwil.ch
Location on map of Switzerland
Uzwil

Uzwil is a municipality in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is located in the northern Toggenburg between Wil and Gossau and has an area of 14.49 km² and a population of 12,100 as of 2004.

Uzwil is at the railway line Geneva-St. Gallen and at the A1-Autobahn Geneva-St. Margrethen.

The municipality consists of the villages Niederuzwil, Uzwil, Henau, Algetshausen, Niederstetten, Oberstetten and Stolzenberg.

Uzwil was first mentioned in 819 as Uzzinwilare. The village of Henau was first mentioned 754 as Villa Aninauva at the Monastery of St. Gallen in the "Henau document" (Henauer Urkunde).

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