Tägerwilen

Tägerwilen
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Location of Tägerwilen
Coordinates: 47°39′N 9°8′E / 47.650°N 9.133°E / 47.650; 9.133Coordinates: 47°39′N 9°8′E / 47.650°N 9.133°E / 47.650; 9.133
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Thurgau
District	Kreuzlingen
Area
• Total	11.52 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	4,388
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Postal code	8274
SFOS number	4696
Surrounded by	Constance (Konstanz) (DE-BW), Ermatingen, Gottlieben, Kemmental, Kreuzlingen, Reichenau (DE-BW), Wäldi
Website	www.taegerwilen.ch SFSO statistics

Tägerwilen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Tägerwilen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 11.52 square kilometers (4.45 sq mi). Of this area, 5.47 km² (2.11 sq mi) or 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.31 km² (1.66 sq mi) or 37.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.66 km² (0.64 sq mi) or 14.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.06 km² (15 acres) or 0.5% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 1.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.8% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.6%. Out of the forested land, 35.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 44.0% is used for growing crops, while 3.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Tägerwilen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 4,388 As of 2008^[update], 30.2% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 11.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German(90.7%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.1%) and Italian being third ( 1.6%).