Wäldi
5 November 2026 · Thurgau
What happened in this episode?
In episode 203, Wäldi was selected by the wheel and eliminated from the Swiss Towns series. The municipality finished in place 1'908 out of 2'110 participants. After this spin, 1'907 municipalities remained in the race.
Municipality profile
Wäldi lies in the canton of Thurgau. It has 1'179 permanent residents and covers 12.21 km², which corresponds to around 97 residents per km².
Population and foreign nationals: 31.12.2025 · Area: 01.01.2026
The figures in context
Wäldi ranks 1'341 by population and 771 by area among the 2'110 municipalities in this season. Its density of around 97 residents per km² is below the municipality median of 200. 238 residents, or 20.2%, do not hold Swiss citizenship; Swiss dual nationals are not counted as foreign nationals.
More about Wäldi
The official FSO municipality number for Wäldi is 4701. The municipality belongs to the administrative unit “Bezirk Kreuzlingen”. Among the 80 municipalities in the canton of Thurgau, it ranks 68 by population and 26 by area. Wäldi accounts for 0.39% of the canton’s population and 1.41% of its area.
Wäldi-Hohenrain: a prehistoric settlement saved at the last moment
Mica-sand extraction had advanced to the prehistoric site at Hohenrain, prompting an emergency excavation in 1972–73 before the remains were destroyed. Archaeologists recovered around 33,000 pottery fragments weighing about 550 kilograms. The finds document settlement in the Middle Bronze Age and later Hallstatt period.