29-622: Uznach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland . Uznach is first mentioned in 741 as Uzinaa in a grant from a noble lady at Benken Abbey to the Abbey of Saint Gall . It was also mentioned later as both Uzinaha and Uzzinriuda . In the late 12th Century, the village was transferred from the Abbey of St. Gallen to
58-413: A Tertiary school, and 334 (6.2%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question. As of 2007, Uznach had an unemployment rate of 1.62%. As of 2005, there were 42 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 19 businesses involved in this sector. 1,253 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 72 businesses in this sector. 2,118 people are employed in
87-597: A household made up of relatives, 33 who lived household made up of unrelated persons, and 213 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (24.4%), the SP (12.5%) and the FDP (10.7%). In Uznach about 62.6% of
116-403: Is Gules a Rose Argent barbed seeded slipped and leaved Vert. Uznach has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 6,519. As of 2007, about 26.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000), 58 are from Germany , 275 are from Italy , 642 are from ex- Yugoslavia , 12 are from Austria , 116 are from Turkey , and 305 are from another country. Over
145-471: Is 100 or more. In 2000 there were 532 persons (or 9.9% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 1,078 (or 20.1%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 3,240 (or 60.3%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 220 (or 4.1%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 26 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 27 persons who lived in
174-633: The Christian Democratic Party ( French : Parti démocrate-chrétien , PDC), Democratic People's Party ( Italian : Partito Popolare Democratico , PPD) and Swiss Christian Democratic Party ( Romansh : Partida cristiandemocratica Svizra , PCD), was a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland . On 1 January 2021, it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre , which now operates at
203-624: The Counts of Toggenburg . Between 1180 and 1195 Diethelm VI. married Guta of Rapperswil and received as dowry the county of Uznach and a rose from the crest of Rapperswil. From their castle in Uznach, the Toggenburgs raided trade caravans from Zürich until 1268 when the castle was conquered and destroyed by Rudolf von Habsburg . Following the extinction of the Toggenburg line in 1436,
232-652: The Old Zürich War broke out between the canton of Zürich and the other seven cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy over the Toggenburg inheritance. The war lasted from 1436 until 1450 and ended with Zurich being brought back into the Confederation. In 1529, a Reformation preacher was arrested in Uznach by Schwyz troops. This led to the outbreak of the First war of Kappel . Two years later
261-454: The Second war of Kappel broke out and Uznach was again attacked by Zurich. Uznach has an area, as of 2006, of 7.6 km (2.9 sq mi). Of this area, 47.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 23.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The blazon of the municipal coat of arms
290-472: The political spectrum , advocating Christian democracy , the social market economy and moderate social conservatism . The party was strongest in Catholic rural areas, particularly Central Switzerland and Valais . The Catholic-Conservative Party of Switzerland ( German : Katholisch-Konservative Partei der Schweiz ) was founded in 1912. From 1919 on, the party occupied two out of the seven seats in
319-420: The tertiary sector , with 227 businesses in this sector. As of October 2009 the average unemployment rate was 4.5%. There were 311 businesses in the municipality of which 71 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 219 were involved in the third. As of 2000 there were 1,406 residents who worked in the municipality, while 1,329 residents worked outside Uznach and 2,124 people commuted into
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#1732772468586348-528: The 1950s, having three members of the Federal Council (1954–1958) before agreeing to the magic formula . It adopted its current name in 1970. From 1979 to 2003 , the party's vote declined, mostly in the favour of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC); the party was reduced to one Federal Councillor at the 2003 Federal Council election . The party sat in the centre to centre-right of
377-595: The 1990s, conservative voters from former strongholds of the CVP switched to vote for the right-wing populist Swiss People's Party . From the 1995 election to the 2019 election , the CVP's vote share decreased from 16.8% to 11.4%. After the 2003 election , Ruth Metzler of the CVP, was replaced by Christoph Blocher of the Swiss People's Party on the Federal Council , leaving the CVP with only one seat in
406-481: The CVP uphold rather centrist policies, stands in contrast to the traditional role of the CVP as the leading party in rather Catholic -dominated cantons of central Switzerland and the cantons of Valais . There, the electorate was mostly socially conservative . The CVP had three main policies in the political centre : Following continuing losses in the federal parliamentary elections until 2003, in December 2003,
435-635: The Center" ( German : Die Mitte , CVP; French : Le Centre , PDC; Italian : il Centro , PPD; Romansh : il Center ) which is the name of the parliamentary group that the CVP shares with the other center-right parties, the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland and the Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland . The merger was ratified by a vote of the entire party in November 2020. Cantonal parties were not required to adopt
464-522: The Conservative-Christian-Social People's Party ( German : Konservativ-Christlichsoziale Volkspartei ) and to its current name in 1970. In the ensuing decades, the Catholic voter base dissolved somewhat. The reduction of the voter base, in addition to less cohesion among politicians in the party, led to six successive losses in federal elections after 1980. The party lost its support over a number of years. Beginning in
493-606: The Swiss Federal Council (executive body). In 2005, it held 20.7% of the seats in the Swiss Cantonal governments and 16.7% in the Swiss Cantonal parliaments (index "BADAC", weighted with the population and number of seats). At the last legislative national elections , 22 October 2007, the party won 14.6% of the popular vote and 31 out of 200 seats in the National Council lower house. This
522-529: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 552503630 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:41:08 GMT Christian Democratic People%27s Party of Switzerland The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland ( German : Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz , CVP), also called
551-445: The cabinet. Aided by the political climate of the postwar period, the party experienced its peak in the 1950s: It was represented by the biggest parliamentary delegation in the Federal Council , and from 1954 to 1958 the party occupied three out of seven seats in the cabinet. Nonetheless, the party had to relinquish the third seat in favor of the ' magic formula ', which was introduced to the cabinet in 1959. In 1957 it changed its name to
580-605: The country's executive. CVP President Gerhard Pfister and BDP President Martin Landolt , the leader of the Conservative Democratic Party, had ongoing discussions about a merger throughout 2020. In 2020, Pfister announced that the national CVP would undergo a change in branding with a new name and logo as part of a merger with the BDP. The party proposed to change the name to "The Center" or "The Alliance of
609-636: The federal level. The Christian Democratic People's Party will continue to exist at the cantonal level as individual local and regional parties determine their status. Its 28 seats in the National Council and 13 seats in the Council of States were transferred to the new party, as was its sole seat on the Federal Council , held by Viola Amherd . The party was founded as the Catholic Conservative Party in 1912. It peaked in
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#1732772468586638-481: The last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (83.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.8%) and Italian being third ( 3.3%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 4,486 speak German , 14 people speak French , 176 people speak Italian , and 22 people speak Romansh . The age distribution, as of 2000, in Uznach is; 755 children or 14.1% of
667-633: The municipality for work. From the 2000 census, 3,691 or 68.7% are Roman Catholic , while 695 or 12.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church . Of the rest of the population, there are 2 individuals (or about 0.04% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith, there are 185 individuals (or about 3.45% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 80 individuals (or about 1.49% of
696-481: The new name if they do not wish to do so. Pfister estimated that a new center-right party could obtain up to 20% of the vote in future elections. In its party platform , the CVP described itself as a centrist party. The CVP fostered a social market economy in which a balance is struck between economic liberalism and social justice . The expansion of the party in the Protestant -dominated cantons, in which
725-597: The party lost one of its two seats in the four-party coalition government, the Swiss Federal Council , to the Swiss People's Party . The CVP holds roughly 12% of the popular vote. After the national election in late 2003, it held 28 seats (out of 200) in the Swiss National Council (first chamber of the Swiss parliament); 15 (out of 46) in the Council of States (second chamber, and the largest party in this chamber) and 1 out of 7 seats in
754-407: The population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). Out of the total population in Uznach, as of 2000, the highest education level completed by 1,184 people (22.1% of the population) was Primary , while 1,773 (33.0%) have completed their secondary education, 483 (9.0%) have attended
783-608: The population are between 0 and 9 years old and 749 teenagers or 14.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 664 people or 12.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 816 people or 15.2% are between 30 and 39, 815 people or 15.2% are between 40 and 49, and 582 people or 10.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 437 people or 8.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 358 people or 6.7% are between 70 and 79, there are 153 people or 2.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 39 people or 0.7% who are between 90 and 99, and 1 person who
812-401: The population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 279 (or about 5.20% of the population) who are Islamic . There are 84 individuals (or about 1.56% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 190 (or about 3.54% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist , and 163 individuals (or about 3.04% of the population) did not answer
841-485: The question. Uznach railway station is served by the inter-regional Voralpen Express , which links Lucerne and St. Gallen via Rapperswil and Herisau , and by a Regio service from Rapperswil to Linthal . It is also the terminus of St. Gallen S-Bahn service S4 from St. Gallen. All three trains run hourly, combining to provide half-hourly services to Rapperswil and St. Gallen. Municipalities of Switzerland Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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