Wil 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.
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In 1984, Wil was awarded the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.
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Towns around Wil
- Frauenfeld15 km NW
- Gossau17 km E
- Herisau20 km SE
- Seen (Kreis 3)21 km W
- Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2)22 km W
- Kreuzlingen23 km NE
- Wetzikon24 km SW
- Konstanz24 km NE
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