Eggersriet
Eggersriet is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Eggersriet is first mentioned in 1260 as Egglinsriet. Geography Eggersriet has an area, , of . Of this area, 56.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality was located in the Rorschach district, but since 2001 has been part of the St. Gallen Wahlkreis. It is located on the southern slope of the Rorschacherberg and along the Heiden-St. Gallen road. It consists of the village of Eggersriet and the hamlets of Dorf, Wisen and Egg in Eggersriet as well as Grub (SG). Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure two Bulrushes proper issuant between three Mounts Vert. Demographics Eggersriet has a population (as of ) of . , about 9.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 59 are from Germany, 6 are from Italy, 27 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 19 are from Austria, and 56 are from another country. Over the last