page_title: Niederhelfenschwil
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Niederhelfenschwil / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Aerial View of Niederhelfenschwil
context_page_description: Niederhelfenschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Niederhelfenschwil has an area, as of 2006, of 16.3 km² (6.3 sq mi).  Of this area, 71.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.8% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 8.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
  The municipality is located in the Wil Wahlkreis, north of the Thur river between Bischofszell and Wil.  It consists of the villages of Niederhelfenschwil, Lenggenwil and  Schloss Zuckenriet as well as the hamlets of Enkhüseren, Dietenwil and Dägetschwil.
caption: Aerial view of Niederhelfenschwil
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