Wahlkreis Rheintal
St. GallenWahlkreis Rheintal is one of 8 districts of the canton of St. Gallen and comprises 13 municipalities with 79'458 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.
Votes in Wahlkreis Rheintal
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 61 % % in Balgach to 113 % % in Rheineck (median 102 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 10.9 % in Balgach to 13.8 % in Rheineck (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (25.667–34.763 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Wahlkreis Rheintal rank
sum of its municipalities6 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Wahlkreis Rheintal?
- Wahlkreis Rheintal comprises 13 municipalities: Altstätten, Widnau, Oberriet, Au, Diepoldsau, St. Margrethen, Balgach, Rebstein, Berneck, Rheineck, Rüthi, Marbach, Eichberg. Together they have 79'458 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Wahlkreis Rheintal in?
- Wahlkreis Rheintal lies in the canton of St. Gallen, which is divided into 8 districts.
- How many people live in Wahlkreis Rheintal?
- Wahlkreis Rheintal has 79'458 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 13 municipalities; the largest is Altstätten with 12'788.
- Does Wahlkreis Rheintal have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Wahlkreis Rheintal the municipal rate ranges from 61 % (Balgach) to 113 % (Rheineck).
- How did Wahlkreis Rheintal vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, Wahlkreis Rheintal voted 62.4 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.