Untereggen

Geschichte

Untereggen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.GeographyUntereggen has an area, of 7.1km2. Of this area, 50.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.4%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Crow Sable stantant on Coupeaux Gules.DemographicsUntereggen has a population of., about 4.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 11 are from Germany, 20 are from Italy, 2 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 2 are from Austria, and 5 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 31.7%. Most of the population speaks German (97.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.0%) and English being third ( 0.2%). Of the Swiss national languages, 877 speak German, 1 person speaks, French, 9 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh.