'Uzwil' is a
municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of
Wil in the
canton of
St. Gallen in
Switzerland.
It is located in the northern
Toggenburg between
Wil and
Gossau and has an area of 14.49 km² and a population of 12,100 as of
2004.
Uzwil is at the railway line
Geneva-
St. Gallen and at the
A1-
Autobahn Geneva-
St. Margrethen.
The municipality consists of the villages Niederuzwil, Uzwil, Henau, Algetshausen, Niederstetten, Oberstetten and Stolzenberg.
Uzwil was first mentioned in
819 as ''Uzzinwilare''. The village of Henau was first mentioned
754 as ''Villa Aninauva'' at the
Monastery of St. Gallen in the "Henau document" (''Henauer Urkunde'').
External links
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www.uzwil.ch ()