Wil
Wil | |
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Historic town center of Wil (2004) | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Wil | |
Wil Wil | |
| Coordinates: 47°28′N 9°03′E / 47.467°N 9.050°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | St. Gallen |
| District | Wahlkreis Wil |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 5 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Hans Mäder Die Mitte (as of January 2021) |
| • Parliament | Stadtparlament with 40 members |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 571 m (1,873 ft) |
| Population (December 2020) | |
• Total | 24,132 |
| • Density | 3,170/km2 (8,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 9500 |
| SFOS number | 3427 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-SG |
| Surrounded by | Bronschhofen, Jonschwil, Münchwilen (TG), Rickenbach (TG), Sirnach (TG), Uzwil (SG), Wilen (TG), Zuzwil |
| Twin towns | Dobrzen Wielki (Poland) |
| Website | www.stadtwil.ch |
Wil (German pronunciation: [viːl]) is a town and political municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It has a small-town character and is an important center for the west of the canton, lower Toggenburg and Hinterthurgau. Wil had a population of 25,176 by the end of 2024. With 74,550 inhabitants (according to the FSO), the agglomeration of Wil is the second-largest conurbation in Eastern Switzerland. The former political municipality of Bronschhofen has been part of the town of Wil since 1 January 2013. For more than 500 years, the prince-abbots of St. Gallen resided in the "Hof" of Wil; Wil is also called "Abbots Town" ("Äbtestadt") and is the third largest city in the canton of St. Gallen, after St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona.
In 1984, Wil was awarded the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.