page_title: Walenstadt
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Walenstadt / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Dorfkirche Walenstadt-Berschis, hinten die St. Georgs-Kapelle, die älteste zweischiffige Kirche der Schweiz.
context_page_description: Walenstadt is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located on Lake Walen.
context_section_description: As of  2007, Walenstadt had an unemployment rate of 1.07%.  As of 2005, there were 142 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 52 businesses involved in this sector.  454 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 57 businesses in this sector.  1,278 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 161 businesses in this sector.
  As of October 2009 the average unemployment rate was 3.1%.  There were 266 businesses in the municipality of which 58 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 160 were involved in the third.
  As of 2000 there were 1,220 residents who worked in the municipality, while 1,081 residents worked outside Walenstadt and 573 people commuted into the municipality for work.
caption: Village church of Walenstadt-Berschis, in the background is the St. Georg Chapel
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