Marbach, St. Gallen

Marbach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.HistoryMarbach is first mentioned in 831 as Marahbach.GeographyMarbach has an area, of 4.4km2. Of this area, 75.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 16.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The municipality is located in the Rheintal Wahlkreis. The village is located between Rebstein and Altstätten.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Bend wavy Argent and in chief sinister a letter M Or.DemographicsMarbach has a population of., about 14.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 36 are from Germany, 34 are from Italy, 129 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 27 are from Austria, 19 are from Turkey, and 45 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.8%. Most of the population speaks German (91.8%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.4%) and Italian being third ( 1.0%). Of the Swiss national languages, 1,633 speak German, 6 people speak French, 17 people speak Italian, and 4 people speak Romansh.