Виль: Город в кантоне Санкт-Галлен (Wil: Gorod v kantone Sankt-Gallen)

City in St. Gallen, Switzerland

Wil is the capital of the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the cities of St. Gallen and Rapperswil Jona, which is a twin city that merged in 2006. The municipality of Bronschhofen merged into Wil on 1 January 2013. After the merger the Community Identification Number changed from 3425 to 3427. In 1984, Wil was awarded the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.

Since the merger in 2013, Wil now has an area of Based on the 2004/09 survey, but including the post merger area, about 50.1% of the total land is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 30.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.9% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85 2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by and the agricultural land has decreased by
Before the merger, Wil had an area, as of 2006, of Of this area, 32.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 53.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non productive (rivers or lakes).

Wil has a population of as of 2013, 27.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 3 years (2010–2013) the population has changed at a rate of 3.13%. In 2000, of the foreign population, 272 were from Germany, 776 were from Italy, 1,876 were from ex Yugoslavia, 135 were from Austria, 309 were from Turkey, and 578 from another country. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2013, was 11.2 while the death rate was 7.5 per thousand residents. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (85.1%), with Albanian being the second most common (4.5%) and Italian being the third most common language (3.0%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 13,943 speak German, 60 people speak French, 488 people speak Italian, and 26 people speak Romansh. as of 2013, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 19.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 62.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.7%. The old city of Wil is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

It is a railway node, being located on the train line from Zürich Winterthur to St. Gallen and connected with lines to Frauenfeld, Weinfelden Konstanz and Wattwil Nesslau (Toggenburg) or Rapperswil. The city is close to the border with the Canton of Thurgau.

The soccer club FC Wil play in the Swiss Challenge League.

as of 2012, there were a total of 14,138 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 163 people worked in 54 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector employed 3,213 workers in 247 separate businesses. Finally, the tertiary sector provided 10,762 jobs in 1,456 businesses. In 2013 a total of 2.0% of the population received social assistance.

From the 2000 census, 8,817 or 53.8% are Roman Catholic, while 3,561 or 21.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 6 individuals (or about 0.04% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith, there are 473 individuals (or about 2.89% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 265 individuals (or about 1.62% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 10 individuals (or about 0.06% of the population) who are Jewish, and 1,433 (or about 8.74% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 116 individuals (or about 0.71% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 1,138 (or about 6.94% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 573 individuals (or about 3.50% of the population) did not answer the question.

On 1 January 2013 Susanne Hartmann became the first female mayor not only of Wil Bronschhofen but in the entire canton of St. Gallen. Hartmann announced her candidacy in April 2012. Despite all forecasts the result of the elections was a landslide victory for Susanne Hartmann.