Hubbry Logo
search
logo
Uttwil
Uttwil
current hub
1719364

Uttwil

logo
Community Hub0 Subscribers
Write something...
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
See all
Uttwil

Uttwil is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Uttwil has an area, as of 2009, of 4.34 square kilometers (1.68 sq mi). Of this area, 2.29 km2 (0.88 sq mi) or 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.33 km2 (0.51 sq mi) or 30.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 16.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 8.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.9%. Out of the forested land, 29.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.2% is used for growing crops, while 16.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

Uttwil has a population (as of December 2020) of 1,923. As of 2008, 13.9% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 18.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (94.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.0%) and Albanian being third ( 1.0%).

As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The population was made up of 710 Swiss men (43.0% of the population), and 130 (7.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 712 Swiss women (43.1%), and 99 (6.0%) non-Swiss women.

In 2008 there were 20 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 11 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 9 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 6 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 10 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 7 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 20 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 25 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.8%.

The age distribution, as of 2009, in Uttwil is; 210 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 199 teenagers or 11.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 165 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 227 people or 13.3% are between 30 and 39, 308 people or 18.0% are between 40 and 49, and 244 people or 14.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 191 people or 11.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 100 people or 5.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 58 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 9 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.

As of 2000, there were 594 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. In 2000 there were 250 single family homes (or 75.1% of the total) out of a total of 333 inhabited buildings. There were 33 two family buildings (9.9%), 12 three family buildings (3.6%) and 38 multi-family buildings (or 11.4%). There were 354 (or 24.6%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 787 (or 54.7%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 70 (or 4.9%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 6 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 4 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 8 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 16 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.

See all
User Avatar
No comments yet.