Wangen, Schwyz
Wangen is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The municipality includes Wangen itself, together with the hamlet of Nuolen. Geography. Wangen has an area, , of . Of this area, 64.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 10.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 21.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The Buechberg hill is located on the area of the municipality. History. Count "Fridrich von Toggenburg, Herr zu Brettengow und Tafas" donated to "his own and the salvation of his ancestor  who were buried and he also expects to be buried", the church, rights and lands ("Kirchwidem" and "Kirchensatz") in "Wangen in der March" to the Rüti Abbey, sealed by Fridrich and the knights "Herman von Landenberg", "Johans von Bonstetten" from ""Ustra" and "Herman von der Hochenlandenberg" on 21 January 1407. Demographics. Wangen has a population (as of ) of . , 13.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.0%) and Italian being third  ( 1.7%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17.7%), the FDP (15.5%) and the CVP (12.6%). In Wangen about 68.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule"). Wangen has an unemployment rate of 1.21%. , there were 158 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 56 businesses involved in this sector. 387 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 70  businesses in this sector. 645 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 138 businesses in this sector. From the , 3,166 or 69.7% are Roman Catholic, while 744 or 16.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are less than 5 individuals who belong to the Christian Catholic faith, there are 88 individuals (or about 1.94% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are less than 5 individuals who belong to another Christian church. There are 174 (or about 3.83% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 19 individuals  (or about 0.42% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 209 (or about 4.60% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 133 individuals (or about 2.93% of the population) did not answer the question. The historical population is given in the following table: