Hundwil

Hundwil is first mentioned in 921 as Huntwilare. ==Geography==

(1923) Hundwil has an area, , of . Of this area, 58.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It consists of the village of Hundwil, a number of hamlets, numerous individual farm houses and alpine herding camps. Until 1749, the municipality of Stein was part of Hundwil. The Hundwiler Höhi is a recreational destination at . The most well-known and highest mountain in the area is Säntis (), which is shared with neighbouring municipalities. The Schwägalp valley station also belongs to the extended municipality. ==Demographics==

Hundwil has a population () of 994, of which about 4.9% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.5%). , the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female. In the 2007 federal election the FDP received 60.9% of the vote. ==References==