Sirnach

Sirnach
Sirnach village
Coat of arms
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Location of Sirnach
Coordinates: 47°28′N 9°0′E / 47.467°N 9.000°E / 47.467; 9.000Coordinates: 47°28′N 9°0′E / 47.467°N 9.000°E / 47.467; 9.000
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Thurgau
District	Münchwilen
Area
• Total	12.41 km2 (4.79 sq mi)
Elevation	545 m (1,788 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	7,675
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Postal code	8370
SFOS number	4761
Surrounded by	Eschlikon, Fischingen, Kirchberg (SG), Münchwilen, Wil (SG), Wilen
Twin towns	Helvécia (Hungary)
Website	www.sirnach.ch SFSO statistics

Sirnach is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Sirnach has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 12.41 square kilometers (4.79 sq mi). Of this area, 6.69 km² (2.58 sq mi) or 53.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.09 km² (1.19 sq mi) or 24.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.37 km² (0.92 sq mi) or 19.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.09 km² (22 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.2 km² (0.077 sq mi) or 1.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 9.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 7.5%. Out of the forested land, 22.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 50.1% is used for growing crops, while 3.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.6% is in lakes and 0.2% is in rivers and streams.

In 1997 Horben, Sirnach and Wiezikon merged with Sirnach.

Sirnach has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 7,675 As of 2008^[update], 21.0% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 8.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(85.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.7%) and Albanian being third ( 3.0%).

As of 2008^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 2,643 Swiss men (38.7% of the population), and 778 (11.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 2,747 Swiss women (40.2%), and 659 (9.7%) non-Swiss women.