page_title: Gachnang
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Gachnang / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Esperanto: Setlejo Kefikon, komunumo Gachnang, Kantono Turgovio. Vido de parkloko de A7. Deutsch: Weiler Kefikon, Gemeinde Gachnang, Kanton Thurgau. Sicht von einem Parkplatz der A7.
context_page_description: Gachnang is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Gachnang has an area, as of 2009, of 9.72 square kilometers (3.75 sq mi).  Of this area, 6.32 km² (2.44 sq mi) or 65.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.62 km² (0.63 sq mi) or 16.7% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 1.74 km² (0.67 sq mi) or 17.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.06 km² (15 acres) or 0.6% is unproductive land.
  Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 8.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 6.5%.  Out of the forested land, 14.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 63.1% is used for growing crops, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.  Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 0.2% is in rivers and streams.
  The municipality is located in the Frauenfeld district.  It consists of the villages of Gachnang, Kefikon, Islikon and Niederwiland and the hamlets of Strass and Bethelhausen as well as Oberwil with Rosenhuben.
caption: Farm land in Kefikon village
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