Geography Wil

lake in wil



autumn sunrise @ lake of wil.

since merger in 2013, wil has area of 20.82 km (8.04 sq mi). based on 2004/09 survey, including post-merger area, 50.1% of total land used agricultural purposes, while 18.9% forested. of rest of land, 30.1% settled (buildings or roads) , 0.9% unproductive land. on past 2 decades (1979/85-2004/09) amount of land settled has increased 111 ha (270 acres) , agricultural land has decreased 113 ha (280 acres).

before merger, wil had area, of 2006, of 7.6 km (2.9 sq mi). of area, 32.1% used agricultural purposes, while 13.9% forested. of rest of land, 53.4% settled (buildings or roads) , remainder (0.7%) non-productive (rivers or lakes).

the former municipality of bronschhofen had area, of 2006, of 13.2 km (5.1 sq mi). of area, 65.3% used agricultural purposes, while 22.1% forested. of rest of land, 12% settled (buildings or roads) , remainder (0.5%) non-productive (rivers or lakes). consisted of villages of bronschhofen , rossrüti hamlets of maugwil, trungen , pilgrimage site of dreibrunnen.